Central Asia The Silk Road Routes Kazakhstan Glorious

Central Asia

The Silk Road Routes

Kazakhstan

Glorious Kazakhstan, filmed in Romania

Astana, Kazakh “forward capital”

Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station

The Aral Sea, or what’s left of it. Aral Sea

Aral Sea Desertification

President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan https: //www. theguardian. com/world/2016/nov/24/kaza khstan-politicians-rename-capital-astana-afterpresident-nursultan-nazarbayev

Dossor, Kazakhstan

Died 2006.

The Guardian

Fergana Valley

Fergana Valley Market, Uzbekistan

Jengish, Kygyzstan

Lenin Dam, Kyrgyzstan

Issyk Kul, Kyrgizstan

Buzkashi CNN

Buzkashi Monument, Marzar e-Sharif, Afghanistan

Mazar

Akhal Teke horse, Turkmenistan

Manas Base, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan l Closed? Yes, 2009; No, 2011 l http: //www. boston. com/bigpicture/2009/03/kyrgyzstan_and_manas_air _base. html https: //www. rt. com/usa/163276 -us-leave-manas-airbase/ l Manas story tellers l http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=k. MDklwo. Lf 34#t=1 m 29 s Manas Ferghana, UZ

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Manas, a mythic hero

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Lenin Plaza

US soldiers arriving at Manas Base from Afghanistan on the way to Germany, 2009

American & French joint exercises, Manas, 2009

Kyrgyz men watch a dog/wolf fight, 2008

Turkmenistan KAZAKHSTAN Aral Sea UZBEKISTAN Caspian Sea Ashgabat Merv IRAN AFGHANISTAN

Mary or Merv, Turkmenistan. A steppe fortress on the Silk Route. Several cities have existed on this site, this is from the 12 th century and a World Heritage site.

The Silk Routes

Tamerlain, 1336 -1405, Mongol conqueror in Ashgabat

Tamerlane's tomb, Samarkand, UZ

Ashkabad, Turkmenistan Alexander, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Uzbeks, and Russians have all conquered the Turkman territory

From The Silk Road to Ruin, by Ted Rall

Leningrad Cowboys Sweet Home Alabama