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...translated as the ''Pyramid of Peace and Accord'', is a 77 m high building in [[Astana]], the capital of [[Kazakhstan]]. The structure was built ...tion at a cost of 8.74 billion Kazakh tenge (about $58 million) and opened in late 2006.

|religious_affiliation = [[Islam]] ...]], the capital of [[Kazakhstan]]. It is third largest mosque in [[Central Asia]]. The 40-meter (131-foot) height symbolizes the age of the Prophet [[Muham

|caption=Mosque under construction in 2012 |religious_affiliation=[[Islam]]

| caption = View of the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Turkestan, Kazakhstan. | map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan

...manitarian and [[Educational institution|educational]] public institution in [[Kazakhstan]]. ...Center works to strengthen the principles of civic identity and patriotism in Kazakh society and to foster interaction and cooperation between state bodi

|caption = Alikhan Bukeikhanov in 1906. |religion = [[Sunni Islam]]

...publisher= komunitetibektashi.org | url=http://www.komunitetibektashi.org/in.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj1&kid=1 ...arsi]]s)<ref name="www.iranicaonline.org">{{cite web|title=Nowruz observed in Indian subcontinent|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowruz-ii/|pu

...9}}</ref> Ranked as the [[List of countries by area|ninth largest country in the world]] as well as the world's largest [[landlocked]] country,<ref>Agen ...khstan has the [[List of countries by population|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population dens

| 20.61% [[Russians in Kazakhstan|Russian]] |time_zone = [[Time in Kazakhstan|West{{\}}East]]

...15}} Russian,<ref name="Ganzhina">Ganzhina, p.&nbsp;10</ref> and [[Central Asia]]n surname.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} Variants of this surname inc ...dulayev''), Georgian association football player for [[FC Kakheti Telavi]] in 2007–2008

|religion = [[Sunni Islam]]{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} ...=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-09-08}}</ref> In April 2015, Nazarbayev [[Kazakhstani presidential election, 2015|was re-ele

....uzbekworld.com/news/viewnews.cgi?newsid982311066,33560, Kazakh delegation in Uzbekistan to discuss transport, telecommunications] UzbekWorld</ref> Presi ....<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8dee514-f3d9-11de-ac55-00144feab49a.html Asia-Pacific - Kazakh PM]</ref>

...sia and Belarus, transformed into the [[Eurasian Economic Community]] then in 2015 into the [[Eurasian Economic Union]]. President Nazarbayev has priorit ...</ref> Kazakhstan has called for “intra-regional integration in Central Asia” and international integration of the region.<ref name=TW1>{{cite web|tit

...er the auspices of the [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific]] (UNESCAP) and is open to ratification by any state that i The Agreement was adopted in [[Bangkok]] on 1 May 2013 by a resolution of UNESCAP and was opened for sig

|continent = Asia |region = Central Asia

...c projection).svg|thumb|300px|Middle Asia|alt=Middle Asia is not a Central Asia]] [[File:Central Asia borders4.png|thumb|250px|Map of '''Central Asia''' showing three sets of possible [[Eurasia]]n boundaries for the region]]

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|partof=the [[Mongol invasion of Central Asia]] |place=[[Central Asia]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]]

|continent = Asia |image_map_caption = Oguz Yabgu State in [[Kazakhstan]], 750–1055

...lt=World map, with Kazakhstan in green|Location of Kazakhstan in [[Central Asia]]]] ...stan. Modern ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' appeared from 40,000 to 12,000 years ago in southern, central, and eastern Kazakhstan. After the end of the [[last glac

...itory and most significantly a revived Iranian national spirit and culture in an Islamic form.<ref>The Middle East: 2,000 Years of History from the Rise ...]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]]). The Tahirid capital was located in [[Nishapur]].

...entral Asia, the Great Steppe and Iran, 1700-1750," in ''Shifts and Drifts in Nomad-Sedentary Relations'' Edited by Stefan Leder and Bernhard Streck. Wie ...ref> The Zunghar Khanate expanded at the expense of the [[Kazakh Khanate]] in the west, though this also meant the inclusion of the [[Great_juz|Senior Ho

...744. Some Arabic sources, however, record that he was killed by the Arabs in 739. ...chuo'') of Chinese sources, was the leader of a small Turkic tribe, known in the Chinese sources as Chu Muguen, living south of [[Lake Balkash]] between

|continent = Asia |region = Central Asia

[[Image:Scythia-Parthia 100 BC.png|thumb|300px|Scythia and Parthia in about 170 BC (before the [[Yuezhi]] invaded Bactria).]] ...in]] and [[Taklamakan desert]] region of [[Northwest China]], they settled in [[Kingdom of Khotan|Khotan]] and [[Kashgar]] which were at various times [[

...|year=1997|publisher=[[Eisenbrauns]]|isbn=978-1-57506-020-0|page=284|quote=In the Middle Persian period (Parthian and Sasanian Empires), Aramaic was the ...an language|Parthian]] (administration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|

...determining the boundaries of his Horde, Ilbasan appointed his deputies. [[Islam]] was used as an instrument to strengthen authority. He died in 1320.<ref>H.H.Howorth-History of the Mongols, part II, div.1, p.221</ref>

...Sea), and succeeded him.<ref name="Najeebabadi"/> [[Temurmalik District]] in Tajikistan is named for him. [[Category:14th-century monarchs in Asia]]

|image_map_caption = Provinces of Russian Turkestan in 1900 ...amarkand Citadel.JPG|left|300px|thumb|The Defence of the Samarkand Citadel in 1868]]

...]]n [[trade route]]s facilitated travel and trade between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] by such groups as the [[Radhanites]] and the early [[Rus' (people)|Rus]]. The originator of the term is unknown but it was in use by scholars as early as the nineteenth century.

...[[Akatziroi]], a [[steppe]] nation allied to the [[Huns]]. He is described in the accounts of [[Priscus]]. ...[[Tatars]] to document that their antecedents in their region extend back in time by many centuries.

|continent = Asia *[[Islam]]

| religion = [[Islam]] :''There are a number of Khans named '''Jani Beg''' in the history of the various descendants of [[Genghis Khan]]. This page refe

| religion = [[Islam]] ...Baranduk Khan]] was the Khan of the Kazakhs, control of the government was in the hands of Kasym Khan. Eventually he sent [[Baranduk Khan]] into exile wh

...ef><ref>{{cite book|last1=Unesco|title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volym 4|pages=74|url=https://books.google.se/books?id=9yTFnuWQKvkC&pg=PA74 ...an]]: ''Найман/Naiman, "eight"'') is the name of a tribe originating in [[Mongolia]].

! Religious affiliation of the responders !! Absolute numbers <br /> (in thousands)!! Share<br />of the population<br />% | [[Islam]] ||align=right| 11 237.9 ||align=right| 70.19

...lish]]; [[Arab language|Arabic]]([[Islam in Kazakhstan#History|coming with Islam]]); [[Chinese language|Chinese]]; ...khstan|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref> Other languages natively spoken in Kazakhstan are [[Dungan language|Dungan]], [[Ili Turk language|Ili Turki]],

...]. As of November 2007, about 1% of the $600 billion in goods shipped from Asia to Europe each year were delivered by inland transport routes.<ref>Berk.</r ...ntil the early 1990s the railway served as the primary land bridge between Asia and Europe, until several factors caused the use of the railway for transco

| designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Asia|Asia-Pacific]] |piccap="Silk Road" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters

| title = Central Asia's Second Chance ...kazakhstan/society/kazakhstan_society_islam_and_the_state.html Kazakhstan: Islam and the State] Geographic.org

...y)|Georgia]]. It is the second-longest [[Pipeline transport|oil pipeline]] in the former Soviet Union, after the [[Druzhba pipeline]]. The first oil that ...Ceyhan pipeline was signed between Azerbaijan and Turkey on 9 March 1993 in [[Ankara]].<ref name=dailynews2>

| image_caption = In the Chuy Valley below [[Tokmok]] ...es are in Kazakhstan. It's one of the longest [[river]]s in Kyrgyzstan and in Kazakhstan.

...|title=Cooperative Management of Transboundary Water Resources in Central Asia |author=Daene C. McKinney |publisher=Ce.utexas.edu |accessdate=2014-02-07}} [[Image:Syr Darya River Floodplain, Kazakhstan, Central Asia.JPG|thumb|Astronaut photograph of the Syr Darya River floodplain]]

...t citadel&nbsp;— One if not the largest extant Sassanid fortification(s) in the world.]] |Region=[[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe]]

{{about||the administrative subdivision|Sari County|other places named Sari in Iran}} | elevation_m = 5 northwest up to 50 in southeast

...y has a population of around 298,000, making it the third-largest [[city]] in [[Azerbaijan]] after the capital [[Baku]] and [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]]. ...would go to the river and cry "Sum qayıt!" (which means "Sum, come back!" in [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Tarixi Əfsanə

File:Baku montage3.jpg|275px|alt=Baku montage. Clicking on an image in the picture causes the browser to load the appropriate article. ...18 447 1200 1056 [[Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall|Philharmony Fountain in front of the Magomayev Philharmonic Hall]]

|caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) |location = [[Kazakhstan]] - [[Uzbekistan]],<br>[[Central Asia]]

...Ocean]], southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of [[Central Asia]], which lack water.<ref name=time75/><ref name=time82/> ...the 1960s through the early 1980s. The controversial project was abandoned in 1986, primarily for environmental reasons, without much actual construction

...ers.<ref>The most detailed account of the events of 1904-1906 is available in Russian. Sherstova (1986, 2010), Burhanizm [Burkhanism]), Tomsk State Unive ...ting itself to the pre-existing Altaian [[folk religion]]. It exists today in several revival forms.