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Most Populous City in Kazakhstan
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Almaty
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Portable, round tent used as a dwelling by nomadic groups
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Yurt
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Uzbek Capital; Largest City in Central Asia
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Tashkent
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Larger Ethnic Group comprising of Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Turkmen people
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Turkic
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Turkmenistan has a national holiday to celebrate this hand-woven product
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Carpets
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Grassland Region dominating most of Central Asia
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Steppe
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Large Deer species found across the region
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Elk
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Desert that covers most of Turkmenistan
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Karakum
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Lengthy and traditional epic poem of the Kyrgyz people
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Manas
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Historic Silk Road city in Uzbekistan which was once the capital of Timur's empire
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Samarkand
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Traditional two-stringed lute which is a symbol of Kazakh music
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Dombra
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Big Central Asian sea(lake) that has drastically shrunk due to Soviet-era irrigation projects
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Aral
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Issyk-Kul, Balkhash, Karakul etc.
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Lakes
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Southern Kazakh city is known for its vibrant bazaars
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Shymkent
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The only Central Asian Language which is of Persian Origin
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Tajik
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Autonomous Republic in Uzbekistan whose territory covers the classical land of Khwarazm
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Karakalpakstan
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Large Uzbek City in the Fergana Valley
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Namangan
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Central Asian poet and statesman considered the founder of Chagatai (Old Uzbek) literature
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Navoiy
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Courier and postal system established by Genghis Khan to facilitate communication across the Mongol Empire
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Yam
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Highest town in Tajikistan / A river in Turkmenistan
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Murghab
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Fictional Kazakh journalist portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen
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Borat
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2005 political uprising(revolution) in Kyrgyzstan that led to the ousting of President Askar Akayev
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Tulip
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High-altitude mountain region, often called the "Roof of the World"
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Pamir
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Kazakhstani tennis player who won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 2022
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Rybakina
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Mountain Range where Russia, China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan converge
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Altai
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River which rises from the above; chief tributary of Ob and the longest tributary in the world
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Irtysh
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Empire, originating from the Central Asian steppes, which was led by Attila
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Hunnic
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Crop, heavily promoted during the Soviet era, which became a dominant agricultural product in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
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Cotton
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Turkmen leader, known as Turkmenbashi, who ruled post-Soviet Turkmenistan with a strong cult of personality
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Niyazov
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Tajik river, site of the Nurek Dam and a major tributary of the Amu Darya
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Vakhsh
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Term used for nomadic political and military groupings in the Mongol Empire, such as the Golden and White ones
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Horde
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Supercontinent encompassing Europe and Asia, with Central Asia at its core
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Eurasia
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