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41.927194°N 60.822167°E / 41.927194; 60.822167 Khorezm fortresses The Desert castles of ancient Khorezm, traditionally known as Elliq Qala (Uzbek and Karakalpak...

Eurasian Steppe. Much of the land of Central Asia is too dry or too rugged for farming. The Gobi Desert extends from the foot of the Pamirs, 77° E, to the Great...

period of Khorezm to the period of the Mongol invasion.The western wall of the Konya Ark, the ancient tower in the northeast corner of the castle wall, and...

during the Soviet era, remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. Samarkand's Registan square was the city's ancient centre and is bounded by three...

its 2500th anniversary. It is the former capital of Khwarezmia, the Khanate of Khiva, and the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic. Itchan Kala in Khiva was...

desert zone. The sites are located in three countries, which recognized for the World Heritage inscription: 1. Tajikistan Khisorak Settlement Сastle on...

Princess of Ukok (Russian: Принце́сса Уко́ка), Devochka ("Girl") and Ochy-bala (Russian: Очы-бала, the heroine of the Altaic epic), is a mummy of a woman...

one of the conduits for Greek art influencing the art of ancient India; the sculpture of the pillars of Ashoka may have been inspired by drawings of Greco-Bactrian...

reconstruction of the ancient fortress. Statue of a man-ossuary from Koi Krylgan Kala, first centuries A.D., Hermitage Museum Location of the Koi Krylgan...

Toprak-Kala, in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient palace city and the capital of in Chorasmia in the 2nd/3rd century CE, where wall paintings...

and Mausoleum of Zangiata. Ancient Khiva is one of the three most important tourism centers in Uzbekistan. The territory of the Khorezm Province and Karakalpakstan...

Emirate of Bukhara. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Khiva had a revolution too, and in 1920 the Khanate was replaced by the Khorezm People's...

through the Kyzylkum desert moving westward to Khorezm and on to the Volga region, the Black Sea and the Caucasus. The oasis of Otrar is situated in the...

across the Karakum Desert. Both routes joined the main southern route before reaching ancient Merv, Turkmenistan. Another branch of the northern route...

strong candidate for the origin of the technology, which spread throughout the Old World and played an important role in ancient warfare. Sintashta settlements...

Muslim conquests of Afghanistan. The smaller works of art are considered as an artistic synthesis of Buddhist art and Gupta art from ancient India, with influences...

Basileus, or king Diodotus I of Bactria. The preserved ancient sources (see below) are somewhat contradictory, and the exact date of Bactrian independence has...

hilltop overlooking the Kyzylkum Desert, the site encompasses the ruins of an ancient Khorezm fortress. The site consists of three fortresses which were built...

Retrieved 2015-10-12. Moriyasu 2004, p. 207. Thum 2012, p. 633. Aurel Stein, Ancient Khotan Archived 2011-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, Clarendon Press, p....

this time heading south across the Karakum Desert. First, they made their way to the important city of Merv, but perhaps due to its strong fortification...