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Central Asia Holt Chapter 19 Section 2 pp464-468
Term | Definition |
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-stan | means "land of" in the languages of this region |
Samarqand | a city along the Silk Road that grew rich from trading spices and silk |
Silk Road | the route by which European gold and wool were traded for Chinese spices and silk |
Arab influence | ruled during the 700s and 800s, introduced Islam and influenced art and architecture |
Mongol influence | ruled from 1220 to the mid 1300s, destroyed cities and supported literature and the arts at Saarqand |
Soviet influence | ruled from 1917 to 1991, separated ethnic groups and banned religious practices, grew cotton and built buildings |
Central Asian republics | became independent countries in 1991 |
nomads | people who move often from place to place |
yurt | a movable round house made of wool felt mats hung over a wood frame |
Turkic | a large ethnic group that encompasses many smaller ethnic groups |
establish | to set up or create |
Cyrillic alphabet | the Russian language is based on this way of writing in the recent past |
Latin alphabet | the common language used to write in English |
Kazakh | the language spoken in the largest area of Central Asia |