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Carpets woven from sheep, goat, and other

animal hair are usually made by Turkmen nomads. Red colors and geometric designs are particularly common.

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Foods such as noodles, and most

teas originated in China. Both are

widely popular in chinese

households, as are dairy products

made with soured milk.

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The textile industry is very important to Central Asia. It is viewed as a very

cherished art form there. Felt yurts, distinctive wool hats, and silk fabrics

are some of the most common. Silk is produced from the silkworms which

feen on Mulberry trees.

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Although Islam is the main religion

Christianity is a close second. In the

Soviet Era the government tried to

get rid of all religion and closed

more than 35,000 churches!

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The Latin alphabet replaced the Cyrillic alphabet, which is what Russian is written in.

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A caravan is a group of people traveling together for protection.

Many of these caravans traveled on the Silk Road and made

Central Asia very prosperous.

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Nomads also live in yurts, which make moving with animals much easier

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Nomads are people who move from place to place. These people are usually shepherds of some kind. These people usually practice transhumance,or the moving from mountain to valley pastures.

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The history of Central Asia has been influenced by

many different cultures. The Persian empire owned

part of it for a while, Alexander the Great and the

Greeks brought their culture, and merchants passing

through left their mark as well.

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Timur rose to power in the 1300s and and built an empire that supported the arts and science. The empire collapsed and broke up into city states in the 1400's