Notes

Slide Show

Outline

1	Caucasus and Central Asia Caucasus, “Mountains of A Thousand Languages Georgia Armenia, the First Christian Nation Muslims in Azerbaijan Central Asia, Heart of The Silk Road Kazakhstan on Russia’s Frontier Two Desert Nations of Central Asia Three Mountain Nations of Central Asia
2	Caucasus, “Mountains of A Thousand Languages” Georgia Central Lowlands Highland Rebels Armenia An Independent Kingdom Life Muslims in Azerbaijan Populous Lowlands Highland Minorities
3	Central Asia, Heart of The Silk Road Kazakhstan on Russia’s Frontier Europeans on the Northern Steppes Eastern Kazakh Uplands Southern and Western Deserts Two Desert Nations of Central Asia Turkmenistan on Iran’s Frontier Uzbekistan, the Heart of Turkistan
4	Central Asia, Heart of The Silk Road Three Mountain Nations of Central Asia Kyrgyzstan on China’s Frontier Tajikistan, the Southern Knot Afghanistan, a Buffer State