Chapter 18.2 by

Nathaniel

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People, Languages, and Religion

Almost two thirds of Central Asians speak a turkic language. In fact about 30 percent

of the world's 125 million speakers of Turkic languages live in central

Asia. Russia is the main language and ethnic identity for a sizable minority of Central asians.

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Sheep,goats, and other animals grow long hair

that is excellent for weaving into carpets. Mulberry trees

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Turkic-speaking peoples established kingdoms

in Central Asia in the A.D. 600s.

Not long after, Chinese armies conquered the region

In 751 the Arab armies defeated the Chinese

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