1. Central Asia

6. The Silk Road Routes

7. Aral Sea

8. Aral Sea Desertification

11. Google Earth

15. Dossor, Kazakhstan

20. World Heritage site on the Silk Road, Mary (Merv) Turkmenistan

22. Fergana Valley

23. Fergana Valley Market, Uzbekistan

24. Jengish, Kygyzstan

25. Lenin Dam, Kyrgyzstan

26. Issyk Kul, Kyrgizstan

27. Buzkashi CNN CNN

28. Buzkashi Monument, Marzar e-Sharif, Afghanistan

29. Mazar

30. Alkhan Teke horse, KZ

31. Manas Base, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Closed? Yes, 2009; No, 2011 Closed? http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/kyrgyzstan_and_manas_air _base.html http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/kyrgyzstan_and_manas_air _base.html Manas story tellers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMDklwoLf34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMDklwoLf34#t=1m29s Manas Ferghana, UZ

32. Bishkek, Kyrgyz, Manas, a mythic hero

33. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Lenin Plaza

34. US soldiers arriving at Manas Base from Afghanistan on the way to Germany, 2009

35. American & French joint exercises, Manas, 2009

41. Kyrgyz men watch a dog/wolf fight, 2008

44. Turkmenistan Aral Sea Caspian Sea IRAN UZBEKISTAN AFGHANISTAN Merv Ashgabat KAZAKHSTAN

45. The Silk Routes

47. Tamerlain, 1336-1405, Mongol conquerer in Ashgabat

48. Tamerlain’s tomb, Samarkand, UZ

49. Mary or Merv, Turkmenistan. A steppe fortress on the Silk Route. Several cities have existed on this site, this is 12 th century and a World Heritage site.

50. Ashkabad, Turkmenistan Alexander, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Uzbeks, and Russians have all conquered the Turkman territory

53. Leningrad Cowboys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKD7g56DNN0