Central Asia. The Silk Road Routes Aral Sea.

Central Asia

The Silk Road Routes

Aral Sea

Aral Sea Desertification

Google Earth

Dossor, Kazakhstan

World Heritage site on the Silk Road, Mary (Merv) Turkmenistan

Fergana Valley

Fergana Valley Market, Uzbekistan

Jengish, Kygyzstan

Lenin Dam, Kyrgyzstan

Issyk Kul, Kyrgizstan

Buzkashi

CNN

Buzkashi Monument, Marzar e-Sharif, Afghanistan

Mazar

Alkhan Teke horse, KZ

Manas Base, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Closed? Yes, 2009; No, 2011

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/kyrgyzstan_and_manas_air_base.html

Manas story tellers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMDklwoLf34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMDklwoLf34#t=1m29s

Manas

Ferghana, UZ

Bishkek, Kyrgyz, Manas, a mythic hero

Bishkek, KyrgyzstanLenin 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

Aral Sea

Caspian Sea

IRAN

UZBEKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

Merv

Ashgabat

KAZAKHSTAN

The Silk Routes

Tamerlain, 1336-1405, Mongol conquerer in Ashgabat

Tamerlain’s tomb, Samarkand, UZ

Mary or Merv, Turkmenistan. A steppe fortress on the Silk Route. Several cities have existed on this site, this is 12th

century and a World Heritage site.

Ashkabad, TurkmenistanAlexander, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Uzbeks, and Russians

have all conquered the Turkman territory

Leningrad Cowboyshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKD7g56DNN0