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Middle Powers along the Middle Corridor

The same lesson applies to Central Asia. Enfranchised middle powers carry new responsibilities: to manage disputes, to ...
The Diplomat

Medieval Great Powers of Asia: Conclusion

Geography, demographics, religion, technology, and a state’s institutions determined why certain states exercised power and how different regions developed the way that they did.
The Diplomat

The Historical Great Powers of Asia: Central Asia

An illustration from the 14th century Jami‛ al-Tawarikh by Rashid al-Din (https://warfare.x10host.com/Persia/14/Diez_Album-p59.htm). This piece is part of a series ...
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Xiongnu archaeology : multidisciplinary perspectives of the first steppe empire in Inner Asia / edited by Ursula Brosseder, Bryan K. Miller

Introduction: State of Research and Future Directions of Xiongnu Studies / Ursula Brosseder, Bryan K. Miller -- Concepts of the polity -- Ethnogenesis, coevolution and political morphology of the ...
The Astana Times

Kazakhstan Highlights Wildlife Recovery Efforts at IUCN Congress in Abu Dhabi

“Today, we are showing real results from restoring the saiga population to returning Przewalski’s horses to Central ...
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Silk Roads peoples, cultures, landscapes / edited by Susan Whitfield ; foreword by Peter Sellars

As world powers realign their cultural outlooks, there is no better time to consider how Eurasia's complex network of ancient trade routes - which spanned high mountain ranges, open river plains and ...