I call this the soft belly of the World
This is where empires are born and die.
A land of wild, empty deserts, plains or steppes where thriving islands of civilisation can be found here and there.
Yesterday ruled by Mongols, Arabs, Persians, Turks, Manchus or Tatars. Today by Al-qaeda, ISIS, warlords, oil companies, drug cartels and superpowers.
>>72733831
More like a shit smear across the world really.
>>72733831
>India
>EENDAY
>>72733976
"Ukraine" means "The border" so you are pretty much part of this soft belly, as proved by the recent war.
>>72733831
>anatolia
>deserts
>>72733831
No shit. This is like 80% of the world population wise, no wonder pretty much every major civilization started here.
>it's white
>>72735605
>80%
I don't think so, most of these countries aren't that populous except fot china, and op didn't include the indian subcontinent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations)
>>72733831
What happened to the Indo Aryans in Central Asia and East Europe
>>72736451
They got riced or mixed with the other inhabitants.
>>72736451
>East Europe
Scythians, Alans and Sarmatians were absorbed by Slavs.
>Central Asia
Sogdians were absorbed by Persians(Tajiks)
Tocharians and Yuezhi were absorbed by Uyghurs
Saka were absorbed by Persians, Indians and Uyghurs.
I have no idea about Issedones and Massagetae.
>>72736206
>and op didn't include the indian subcontinent
He included Pakistan.
>>72735658
Hello Ali
>>72736451
>>72736650
But slavs ARE an indoeuropean language group. In central asia they got assimilated tho.
>>72735605
>Canadian education
>>72738073
They were Iranic, Slavs are ..Slavs