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  • ...usoleum has survived as one of the best-preserved of all [[Architecture of Central Asia#Timurid architecture|Timurid constructions]]. Its creation marked the The religious structure continues to draw pilgrims from across Central Asia and has come to epitomize the [[Kazakhs|Kazakh national identity]].<re
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  • It has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in [[Western Asia]], [[Central Asia]], the [[Caucasus]], the [[Black Sea Basin]] and the [[Balkans]].<ref> ...y observed the ceremonies of Nowruz. When the [[Caucasus|Caucasian]] and [[Central Asia]]n countries gained independence from the Soviets, they also declared
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  • ...Northern [[South Asia]],{{cn|date=June 2015}}{{dubious|date=June 2015}} [[Central Asia]], and the [[Middle East]], but also in parts of the Russian [[polar r ...ed in [[Egypt]], [[Elam]], and the Persian province of [[Babylonia]] where music was arranged for performance by large orchestral ensembles.<ref name=Kariag
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  • ..., is an ancient [[fret]]less [[string instrument]] used in [[Central Asian music]], related to certain other [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[string instruments] ...rious styles of music.<ref>Solos, G. "Kirghiz Instruments and Instrumental Music", ''Ethnomusicology'' 5(1):43</ref>
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  • ...rbaijani language|Azeri]] the term is [[Ashik|ashiq]]. '''Khorasan bakhshi music''' is recognized on the [[Representative List of the Intangible Cultural He *[[Music of Iran]]
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  • ...title=Kazakhstan|work=[[The World Factbook]]|publisher=[[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]|accessdate=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Ranked as the [[Lis ...], Time Magazine.</ref> It is now considered to be the dominant state in [[Central Asia]].<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/5/3442f45a-7517-425d
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  • ...tat.kz|accessdate=1 June 2010}}</ref> Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through it ...Resistance: Identity Politics in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan |journal=[[Central Asian Survey]] |year= 2002 |pages=385–402 |doi=10.1080/0263493032000053208 |vol
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  • | music = Jeff Peters ==Music==
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  • ===Central Asia=== ...|author=Ildikó Bellér-Hann|title=Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NKCU3BdeBbEC&pg=PA192&dq=laghman
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  • ...April 2015}} Russian,<ref name="Ganzhina">Ganzhina, p.&nbsp;10</ref> and [[Central Asia]]n{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} surname, a variant of [[Abdulaye *[[Nasiba Abdullayeva]], [[music of Uzbekistan|Uzbek artist]]
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  • ...es, TV shows, albums, books, characters, scenes, episodes, songs, dresses, music videos, and trends that entertained us over the past 10 years". Entertainme ...were shown in the form of "Guides" to "Wine Tasting", "Politics", "Country Music", "Hobbies", "Buying a House" and "Jobs" (careers), with "Hunting" airing i
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  • | music = [[Éric Serra]] In 2005, the new sport of Rollerball becomes hugely popular in [[Central Asia]], [[Russia]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Mongolia]], and
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  • | music = [[Erran Baron Cohen]] * [[Pamela Anderson]] as herself; she plays a central role in the film as the reason for the journalist's cross country journey.
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  • ...ndependence-day-ulak-tyrtysh/</ref> in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan) is the [[Central Asia]]n sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to place a [[goat]] or Today games similar to buzkashi are played by several Central Asian ethnic groups such as the [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]], [[Pashtuns]], [[Kazakhs
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  • ...d on a [[My Kazakhstan (1956 song)|homonymous song]] written in 1956, with music by [[Shamshi Kaldayakov]] and lyrics by [[Jumeken Najimedenov]].<ref>[http: [[Category:Asian anthems]]
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  • ...a]]. From childhood he was musically gifted, and had a great ear and for [[music]]. ...riving the electoral rights of the indigenous peoples of [[Siberia]] and [[Central Asia]]. They lost their way with little representation in the [[State Duma]
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  • ...]]ic lifestyle and [[illiteracy]] of most of the [[rural]] population in [[Central Asia]] in pre-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] times, akyns played an important role * [[Kazakh music]]
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  • ...the highest among insurance and reinsurance companies of CIS countries and Central Asia.<ref>http://www3.ambest.com/ambv/bestnews/newscontent.aspx?altsrc=23&r ...'<ref>http://www.fair.org.eg/</ref> the insurance pools Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers ([[Turkey]], [[Bahrain]], [[Morocco]]);
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  • ...ergraduate Studies|School of Undergraduate Studies]] and a [[University of Central Asia#Graduate School of Development|Graduate School of Development]] in the ...ojects/34460-012/details 34460-012: Education Sector Development Strategy] Asian Development Bank</ref> The [[United States]] provided 137 [[Peace Corps]] m
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  • *Central Asian University *[[University of Central Asia in Tekeli]]
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  • ...aryn, and Tekeli|the American university in Bishkek|American University of Central Asia}} |name = University of Central Asia
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  • |awards = * «Asian Film Maker of the Year 2008 » [[Pusan International Film Festival]] In 2008 Gulnara Sarsenova has received the international Asian Film Maker of the Year award at [[Pusan International Film Festival]] and t
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  • During the [[Mongol Empire]], Han Chinese were moved to Central Asian areas like Besh Baliq, Almaliq, and Samarqand by the Mongols where they wor ...al people, also sells products aimed at Chinese people such as Chinese pop music or Chinese-language newspapers. These are not in evidence in other urban ar
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  • ...ddButton=pages\U\N\UniversalsoftheCentralRada.htm |title=Universals of the Central Rada |publisher=Encyclopediaofukraine.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ ...y, many Ukrainians were forced by the [[Tsarist autocracy]] to move to the Asian regions of Russia, while many of their counterpart Slavs under [[Austria-Hu
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  • '''Armenians in Central Asian states''': [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]] a ...ding privileges.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zenian|first=David|title=Armenians in Central Asia|url=http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=52|accessdate=22
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  • ...southern part of Eastern Europe [[Ural mountains]] and northern parts of [[Central Asia]] (largely [[Kazakhstan]], but also found in parts of [[Uzbekistan]], ...ed the territory between [[Siberia]] and the [[Black Sea]] and remained in Central Asia and Eastern Europe when the nomadic groups started to invade and conqu
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  • | image = File:Uzbek man from central Uzbekistan.jpg ...,637 (July 2013 est.) [Uzbeks = 80%]|publisher=[[The World Factbook]]|work=Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)|accessdate=10 June 2013}}</ref>
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  • ...Newsru.com |date= |accessdate=2012-07-22}}</ref> who lived in modern north-central European Russia and were partly assimilated by the [[Slavs]] as the Slavs m ...[Russia]], 80% of whom live in the European part of Russia, and 20% in the Asian part of the country.
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  • ...by the Chinese, multicultural, settled by Han and Hui, and separated from Central Asia for over a century and a half.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id= ...e West Regions: the Establishment of Xinjiang Province | publisher=[[China Central Television]] | language=Chinese | accessdate=27 August 2009 | date=6 Decemb
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  • ...zing in a fusion of music styles that integrates traditional Uyghur, world music, pop, and Spanish [[flamenco]]. ...to learn from, he would listen to a wide variety of music from around the Asian continent, and then learn to play the guitar by ear.<ref name="tosinghearti
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  • ...) are a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[ethnic group]] living in Eastern and [[Central Asia]]. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Aut ...from Western Eurasian ([[Europeans]], [[Middle Eastern]]) to a more [[East Asian]] appearance.
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  • {{Infobox East Asian ...d his family were [[Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union|deported to Central Asia]] along with all other [[Koryo-saram|ethnic Koreans in the Russian Far
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  • ...ind himself arrested on the spot for breaking the law confining Koreans to Central Asia. He then returned to the Institute in Kzyl-Orda and worked there until ...i]] to [[Ryongnam]].<ref name="Orchestral">{{Cite web | title = Orchestral Music "Mungyong Pass" | agency = KCNA | date = 1 July 2013 | accessdate = 22 July
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  • ...from top:''' Astana Downtown skyline and [[Bayterek Tower]], [[Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall]], [[Khazret Sultan Mosque]], [[L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National ...ember 1960, [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee]] made a resolution to create the Tselinniy Krai, which comprised
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  • ...t.<ref>{{Citation |publisher = UNESCO |title = History of Civilizations of Central Asia |volume=6 |publication-date = 2005 |location=Paris }}</ref> * 1931 - [[Central State Museum of Kazakhstan]]<ref name=bates2010 /> and [[National Library o
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  • ...by the Chinese, multicultural, settled by Han and Hui, and separated from Central Asia for over a century and a half.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id= |p=Zhǔngá'ěr Péndì}}, with its central [[Gurbantünggüt Desert]].
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  • ...were for centuries central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the [[Eastern world|East]] and [[Western culture|West] ...uring the [[Han dynasty]] (207 BCE – 220 CE). The Han dynasty expanded [[Central Asia]]n sections of the trade routes around 114 BCE, largely through missio
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  • |place=Central Asia ...grew suspicious of the military ambitions of the Tang. Tang expansion into Central Asia continued with the [[Tang campaigns against Karasahr|conquest of Karas
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  • ...Ossetia]], [[Abkhazia]]), [[Egypt]], large parts of [[Turkey]], much of [[Central Asia]] ([[Afghanistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Tajikistan]]), ...ch of what later became known as [[Islamic culture]] in art, architecture, music and other subject matter was transferred from the Sasanians throughout the
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