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Virgin Lands Campaign and agricultural transformation of Kazakhstan (1953–1965)

1953 - 1965

15 entries

Urban and caravanserai networks across the Silk Roads of Central Asia (7th–15th centuries)

640 - 2023

14 entries

Soviet collectivization and the Central Asian cotton campaign (1928–1960s)

1924 - 1962

14 entries

Samarkand and Bukhara on the Silk Road (8th–16th centuries)

712 - 2001

15 entries

Russian conquest of Central Asia (1864–1895)

1864 - 1895

18 entries

Qing expansion into Dzungaria and Xinjiang (1755–1884)

1755 - 1884

14 entries

Post‑Soviet independence and state‑building in the Central Asian republics (1989–2005)

1990 - 2005

19 entries

Nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk and its aftermath (1949–1991 & legacy)

1947 - 2012

15 entries

Nomadic pastoral networks and steppe trade routes (1st millennium BCE–14th century CE)

850 BCE - 1347

17 entries

Mongol rule and the Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia (1220s–1370s)

1219 - 1370

17 entries

Khanates of Bukhara, Khiva, and Kokand (16th–19th centuries)

1501 - 1876

14 entries

Islamist movements and state responses in Central Asia (1989–2015)

1990 - 2015

14 entries
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