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© T. M. Whitmore Today Central Asia  Physical environment  Population & settlement  Culture  Geopolitical issues

© T. M. Whitmore Last Time Historical development of Russia (and neighbors) geo-politically and industrially  Historical development of Russian Empire  USSR ( )  Industrial development & its geography

© T. M. Whitmore Central Asia: Defined Once home to the powerful Mongol empireMongol Now site of emerging - little known stateslittle known states  The “stans”  Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan  Kyrgyzstan  Turkmenistan  Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Mongolia  Western and Northern provinces of China

© T. M. Whitmore Central Asia: Physical Environment Importance of aridity and semi- aridityaridity Continentality Tectonic landscape Tectonic Mountain zones Mountain Deserts Basin and plains – steppessteppes

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Mountain Zones

© T. M. Whitmore Desert Zones

© T. M. Whitmore Central Asia: Population, settlement, culture Vast area more-or-less emptyempty Strongly circumscribed settlementcircumscribed Ethnic/cultural/linguistic diversity Ethnic/cultural/linguistic Religious diversity Religious

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Central Asia: Geopolitical issues History of political domination from Russia/USSR Russia/USSR History of political domination from China China Ethnic tensions Ethnic Afghanistan Current issues Current

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Central Asia

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Central Asia: Contemporary development All states very poor Breakup of USSR => economic collapse of ‘Stans Afghanistan in chaos