Central Asia

Central Asia is a region in Asia. The countries in Central Asia are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (which are mainly Turkic states) but also includes Tajikistan, and parts of China and Mongolia. The United Nations also includes Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan as part of Central Asia.^[1]

1. ↑ Dani, Ahmad Hasan, ed. (1996). History of civilizations of Central Asia. 1: The dawn of civilization: earliest times to 700 B. C. / ed.: A. H. Dani (2. impr ed.). Paris: UNESCO Publ. ISBN 978-92-3-102719-2.