Central Asia

E6958
cultural region geographical region region

Central Asia is a vast, landlocked region of Eurasia characterized by its historical Silk Road crossroads, diverse Turkic, Persian, and Russian cultural influences, and predominantly steppe and desert landscapes.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Central Asia canonical 1,237
Inner Asia 15
Transoxiana 3

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
bordersRegion East Asia ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Western China ⓘ
containsCountry Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
continentPartOf Asia ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ
hasCharacteristic arid climate ⓘ
continental climate ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
landlocked ⓘ
steppe landscapes ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Persian ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ
hasHistoricalEmpire Khanate of Bukhara ⓘ
Khanate of Khiva ⓘ
Kokand Khanate ⓘ
Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Timurid Empire
hasHistoricalRole Silk Road crossroads ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoute Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
hasMajorBranchOfIslam Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
hasMajorDesert Karakum Desert ⓘ
Kyzylkum Desert ⓘ
hasMajorEcosystem Eurasian Steppe ⓘ
hasMajorLake Aral Sea ⓘ
Caspian Sea ⓘ
Issyk-Kul ⓘ
hasMajorLanguageFamily Iranian languages ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
hasMajorMountainRange Altai Mountains ⓘ
Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tien Shan ⓘ
surface form: Tian Shan
hasMajorReligion Islam ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Amu Darya ⓘ
Syr Darya ⓘ
hasNaturalResource cotton ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
oftenIncludesTerritory Afghanistan ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
parts of northern Iran ⓘ
parts of southern Russia ⓘ
timeZoneRange UTC+4 to UTC+6 ⓘ
wasPartOf Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (1,277)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-European language family → geographicDistribution → Central Asia ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe → regionServed → Central Asia ⓘ
Russian Civil War → location → Central Asia ⓘ
Department of Islamic Art → coversRegion → Central Asia ⓘ
Asia → containsSubregion → Central Asia ⓘ
UNECE Inland Transport Committee → regionServed → Central Asia ⓘ
Tocharian languages → spokenIn → Central Asia ⓘ
Persian language → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Persian language → usedAsLinguaFrancaIn → Central Asia ⓘ
Cyrillic script → usedInRegion → Central Asia ⓘ
East Asia → bordersRegion → Central Asia ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script → primaryUseRegion → Central Asia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Asia (historically)
Sufism → geographicDistribution → Central Asia ⓘ
Russian Empire → territoryIncludes → Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia → borderedBy → Central Asia ⓘ
Romani language → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → expandedTo → Central Asia ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → expandedTo → Central Asia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transoxiana
Pashto language → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Kazakhstani tenge → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → territoryIncludes → Central Asia ⓘ
Kazakhstan → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Hindu Kush → locatedIn → Central Asia ⓘ
Hindu Kush → borderRegionOf → Central Asia ⓘ
Karakoram → locatedIn → Central Asia ⓘ
Afghanistan → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Cannabis → nativeTo → Central Asia ⓘ
Gulag system → locatedIn → Central Asia ⓘ
Polish deportees in the USSR → location → Central Asia ⓘ
Asian New Zealander → regionOfOrigin → Central Asia ⓘ
Cyrus the Great → deathPlace → Central Asia ⓘ
Timurid dynasty → hasTerritory → Central Asia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Transoxiana
Timurid dynasty → hasTerritory → Central Asia ⓘ
Mongol → ethnicOrigin → Central Asia ⓘ
subject surface form: Mongols
Mongol → influencedRegion → Central Asia ⓘ
subject surface form: Mongols
Black Death → originatesFrom → Central Asia ⓘ
Durrani Empire → region → Central Asia ⓘ
Romani → diasporaRegion → Central Asia ⓘ
Turkmenistan → partOf → Central Asia ⓘ
Islamic world → hasRegion → Central Asia ⓘ
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe → regionServed → Central Asia ⓘ
Judeo-Persian → spokenIn → Central Asia ⓘ
Tien Shan → locatedIn → Central Asia ⓘ
Tien Shan → partOf → Central Asia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interior Asia
Achaemenid Empire → territoryExtent → Central Asia ⓘ
Silk Road routes → connects → Central Asia ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan → region → Central Asia ⓘ
U.S. Central Command → operatesIn → Central Asia ⓘ
U.S. Central Command → areaOfResponsibility → Central Asia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union