Can we have a Central Asia thread? Good /his/ related things

Is fried rice really that exotic to Japanese? Is it also really that limited to Central Asia? I always associated it with American Chinese restaurants.

Always been interested in the area since reading about people like Genghis Khan and Tamerlane when I was a kid.

Theres a biography of Genghis Khan by Frank McLynn that I recently read. Gotta say, it was pretty good.

The Horse the Wheel and Language by David W Anthony is a good one too.

Can't say I've ever been. Traveling is fuckin expensive.

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These are Turkic people.

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These are Turkish roaches.

Know the difference!

Central Asia is comfy as fuck

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Are we dumping roach pictures now?

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>>1326042
Only if you post Turkic people balance them out.

>>1325963

Anyone here read the unescos central history series? ~7 volumes of central asia history from neolithic period to the near the end of communism.

Gives brief look at stuff that is virtually ignored by western historians.

>>1326079
Buryats are Mongol, not Turkic though.

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>>1325963
>all 3 historically significant towns are in Uzbekistan

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TFW no REAL ARYAN Pamiri bf to fug your boypucci

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Cute little Kyrgyz girl

>>1325963
Aren't tajiks just Persians living outside of Persia?

>>1326145
I don't think so. But there are some Tajiks living in Iran.

>>1326264

What's the difference between a Tajik and a Persian then? Can people tell them apart by looks or accent?

>>1326279
Same as the difference between Germans and Dutch and English

>>1326289

>Same as the difference between Germans and Swamp Germans and Island Germans

So they're basically the same?

>>1326145
>>1326279
You're right. Tajik is just the Tukic word for Persians.

We should get a Central Asian master list going (preferably ones with PDFs available) because its a pain in the arse to find books on central asia.

>>1326079
They look like Native Americans?!