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© T. M. Whitmore
Today
•Central AsiaPhysical environmentPopulation & settlementCultureGeopolitical issues
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Last Time
•Historical development of Russia (and neighbors) geo-politically and industriallyHistorical development of Russian Empire
USSR (1921 - 1989) Industrial development & its geography
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Central Asia: Defined•Once home to the powerful Mongol empire•Now site of emerging - little known states
The “stans”KazakhstanUzbekistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanAfghanistan
AzerbaijanMongoliaWestern and Northern provinces of
China
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Central Asia: Physical Environment
•Importance of aridity and semi-aridity
•Continentality
•Tectonic landscape
•Mountain zones
•Deserts
•Basin and plains – steppes
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Mountain Zones
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Desert Zones
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Central Asia: Population, settlement,
culture•Vast area more-or-less empty
•Strongly circumscribed settlement
•Ethnic/cultural/linguistic diversity
•Religious diversity
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GPW Adjusted Population Density 2000 (SEDAC)
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Central Asia: Geopolitical issues
•History of political domination from Russia/USSR
•History of political domination from China
•Ethnic tensions
•Afghanistan
•Current issues
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Central Asia
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Central Asia: Contemporary development
•All states very poor
•Breakup of USSR => economic collapse of ‘Stans
•Afghanistan in chaos
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