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The People and Traditions of Kyrgyzstan: Nomadic Culture That Still Lives
Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. Approximately 94% of its territory sits above 1,000 metres elevation; 40% is above 3,000 metres. It has been a Soviet republic, ...
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Uzbekistan: Language, Food, Culture, and the Most Amazing Places on the Silk Road
Uzbekistan is one of the most architecturally extraordinary countries on earth. The Silk Road cities that pass through it — Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva — were, for centuries, among the most important cities in the world: hubs of commerce, Islamic schol...