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Central AsiaCentral Asia is a subregion of Asia. Definitions of the region vary, for example [1] gives in "rough terms": the region from Iranian Azerbaijan and Turkic/Muslim regions of southern Russia in the west, through northern Afghanistan and southern Siberia, to Tibet and Mongolia in the east. Countries typically included in entirety are:
together with parts of:
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Historically, the region was crossed by the Silk Road.
The area features high mountain ranges (Tian Shan), deserts (Kara Kum, Kyzyl Kum, Taklamakan[?]) and steppes.
Rivers include: Amu Darya, Syr Darya, Hari Rud
The region is largely inhabited by Turkic peoples.
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or when he could excite laughter at their expense.
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all of them, together, have passed through so many editions,--been
so many persons to sleep, or in general done so much good to the
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What! is this the way you mind your sheep,
There was a mad man,
And they lived all in a mad lane!
And they too were mad every one.
The mother was mad,
And upon a mad horse they all of them got,
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
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The man in the wilderness,
How many strawberries
I answered him as I thought good,
As grew in the wood.
Sat upon a tree,
And down went he;
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Catch me if you can.
Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.
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