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Central Asia is a large region in inner Asia with no clear consensus on boundaries. It stretches from the Caspian Sea to China between Russia and Afghanistan. The region has historically been defined by transhumance pastoralism and trade along the Silk Road. It is also known as "Turkestan" due to the dominance of Turkic ethnic groups and was largely controlled by Russian and Soviet rule in the 19th-20th centuries. Central Asia contains five countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and U

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Olivia Gupta

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