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ARTICLES RELATED TO Turkmenistan | | | |  Turkmenistan: Encyclopedia II - Turkmenistan - HistoryThe territory of Turkmenistan has a long and chequered history, as armies from one empire to another decamped on their way to more prosperous territories.
Alexander the Great conquered the territory in the 4th century B.C. on his way to India. One hundred and fifty years later Persia's Parthian Kingdom established its capital in Nisa, an area now located in the suburbs of the modern-day capital of Ashgabat. In the 7th century A.D. Arabs conquered this region, bringing with them Islam and incorporating the Turkmen into Middle Eastern culture. It was aro ...
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| | | | Turkmenistan: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Origins The Oghuz Turks have perhaps been the most successful branch of Turkic peoples and families.
Their history as kings, statesmen, warriors, as well as an enormous tribal union and large communal branch begins in the pre-Islamic period, yet their achievements and progression in the centuries after the arrival of Islam have left their mark on history and civilization.
The original homeland of the Oghuz, like other Turks, was the Ural-Altay region of Central Asia known as Turkestan or Turan, which has been the domain of Turkic peopl ...
See also:Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turks - Name, Oghuz Turks - Origins, Oghuz Turks - Anthropology, Oghuz Turks - Social Unit, Oghuz Turks - Homeland in Transoxiana, Oghuz Turks - Dynasties, Oghuz Turks - Turcoman & Turkmen, Oghuz Turks - Literature Read more here: » Oghuz Turks: Encyclopedia II - Oghuz Turks - Origins |
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| | | | Turkmenistan: Encyclopedia II - Commonwealth of Independent States - History
Commonwealth of Independent States - Foundation.
Initiating the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the autumn of 1991, the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine met on December 8 in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha Natural Reserve, about 50 km (30 mi) north of Brest in Belarus, and signed an agreement establishing the CIS. At the same time they announced that the new confederation would be open to all republics of the former ...
See also:Commonwealth of Independent States, Commonwealth of Independent States - History, Commonwealth of Independent States - Foundation, Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS crisis, Commonwealth of Independent States - Role and organization, Commonwealth of Independent States - Institutions, Commonwealth of Independent States - Election Observation Missions, Commonwealth of Independent States - Moves for further integration, Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS Collective Security Treaty, Commonwealth of Independent States - Russian Language, Commonwealth of Independent States - Common Economic Space Read more here: » Commonwealth of Independent States: Encyclopedia II - Commonwealth of Independent States - History |
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| | | | Turkmenistan: Encyclopedia - Azerbaijani people Azerbaijan:
7,800,000
Russia:
622,000
Turkey:
530,000
Georgia:
340,000
United States:
280,000
Canada:
263,000
Germany:
55,000
Other:
30,000
Azerbaijanis are a people numbering more than 35 million worldwide. The majority, around 20-30 million (estimates vary), live in Iran. The rest, around 8 million, live in Republic of Azerbaijan ...
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| | | | Turkmenistan: Encyclopedia - Bride kidnapping Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a form of forced marriage practiced in a few traditional cultures, in countries including Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus region, Ethiopia and Rwanda. From the perspective of most cultures in the world, bride kidnapping is considered a sex crime, rather than a valid form of marriage.
In agricultural and patriarchal societies, where the bride kidnapping is most common, children work for their family and a woman becom ...
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