Central Asia

The War Against Terror and China's Treatment of the Uigher Ethnic Minority In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, President George W. Bush reached out to the world to back the U.S. in a war to eradicate terrorism. One of the more surprising participants in this coalition, China, had until that point been at odds with U.S. policy but seemed to find sufficient common ground with the U.S. to support the war. In recent months however, China has not been lauded

discovered in central Xinjiang during this time period. At its height, MGK likely served as a regional center habituated by hundreds of people. This project has the potential to usher in a long-term research project at MGK. In sum, this research will 1) be one of the first scientific investigation of an early irrigation system in Central Asia; 2) initiate long-term research at MGK, a rare archaeological site complex in central Xinjiang. Personal Qualifications My experience of working in Central Asia and archaeological

nomadic cultures. Between 1000 and 1500 CE, the fast movement of human interaction led to the rapid movements of technology and other advancements that drives our history. Multicultural associations were established and unite the societies of Europe and Asia. The migration of the clans and tribes of the Turkish peoples has fundamental significance as they settled in other societies and learned new cultures. Modern globalization has inspired a rise in migration both near and far, reinforced by many influences

The Silk Road was a trade network the connected the East to the West on the Eurasian continent. This trade included both overland and maritime routes. The central Asian kingdoms and peoples became the nexus point for much of this trade which lasted from the 3rd century B.C.E. to the 15th century C.E. Many products and other cultural expressions moved along the Silk Road and diffused among various kingdoms along it. In breaking down and separating the patterns of interaction that occurred along the

be able to trade with a specific alliance, however it expanded into something more. The first product traded was Ferghana horses that the Chinese leader of Zhang Qian brought back with him. This caused a trade between Han China and Central Asia. In exchange, Central Asia began to collect various Chinese goods from Han China such as silk,

the Mongols arouse out of the steppes of Central Asia as a massive force to be reckoned with and came to form the largest contiguous land empire in all of human history. First led by Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan, the empire reached is greatest extent of twenty four million square miles in less than seventy five years and left many lasting impacts on the East Asian world, with many of these impacts occurring in China. The Mongol Empire largely impacted East Asia by allowing for many developments in culture

ruthless ruler and a bloodthirsty barbarian. He had established the largest land empire in history, and he also he conquered large parts of central Asia and China. All of this points to one man who led millions of people, and that is Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan was one of the best rulers of ancient history because he conquered large parts of central Asia and China, he led one of the biggest armies of all time, and he created a lasting empire. Genghis Khan’s early life shaped him a great deal

Today the Iranian languages are spoken from Central Turkey, Syria and Iraq in the west to Pakistan and the western edge of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in the east. In the North, its outposts are Ossetic in the central Caucasus and Yaghnobi and Tajik Persian in Tajikistan in Central Asia, while in the South they are bounded by the Persian Gulf, except for the Kumzari enclave on the Masandam peninsula in Oman. Historically, the New Iranian stage overlaps with the Islamization of Iranian-speaking

Background Content History and Operating Environment The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) was first established in 1997, but can draw its routes from the Adolat (Justice) movement formed in 1991 by Juma Namagani and Tahir Yuldashev in Namagan, Uzbekistan (Jane’s World, 2014). “Adolat declared Namangan an independent Islamic entity and attempted to enforce sharia (Islamic law) using vigilante methods” (Jane’s World, 2014, Group Formation para. 1). The President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov

trade among other nearby regens.First, there had to be something to trade that other regens wanted for them self.In document A the chinese had silk,iron,bronze,gunpowder,and confucianism to trade and central asia had ferghana horse the chinese wanted the ferghana horse that central asia had and central asia want the chinese silk.In 1400 bce the queen of china was eating soup and a silk bug fell in her soup and she saw how beautifully the silk and demanded that her workers would make the silk and then