Don’t understand the geographical history of Tianshan Mountain in Central Asia, watching Central Asia news is like watching loneliness!
Recently, our country's leaders visited Central Asian countries. For many people, Central Asia is very far and unfamiliar, but it is very close to us.
So where is Central Asia? Why does it mean that Central Asian history is related to Tianshan ? What is the most important part of the five Central Asian countries? What is the geographical environment? What are the highlights in Chinese history? What is the territorial borders of the five Central Asian countries intertwined? Why was the recent SCO conference held in the Millennium Ancient City of Samarkand ? How to use the prospects of our cooperation relationship with Central Asia in contemporary times?
Follow Lao Wang upstairs to analyze these questions one by one in the form of a map, so that he would not care about national affairs every day, and finally he would be lonely.
What we usually talk about Central Asia refers to: Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan , Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan .
Five Central Asian countries
Five Central Asian countries all have close relationships with Tianshan Mountain. It can be said that without Tianshan Mountain, there would be no five Central Asian countries. Let’s look at the relationship between the five countries and the Tianshan Mountains and the extended Karatao Mountains;
Relationship between the five countries and the Tianshan Mountains
From the picture, except for Turkmenistan, the other four countries are closely adjacent to the Tianshan Mountains. The places where the five countries are backed by the Tianshan Mountains are also the most essential part of their country, and they are wet and livable. The Kalatao Mountain, located in southwestern Kazakhstan, divides Central Asia into two completely different landforms. The back of the mountain is the cold sand nomadic people, and the south of the mountain is the warm farming civilization. If we leave the Tianshan Mountains and extend the mountains, the economy of the five Central Asian countries is nowhere to be discussed.
Main rivers in Central Asia flow map
The warm and humid air flow from the Atlantic Ocean reaches the north of this Tianshan Mountain and forms rich rainfall, creating famous rivers in Central Asia, Sir River , Amu River , Chu River , Taras River, Yili River , among which we are most familiar with are: The Yili River is here. 80% of the water content of Balkash Lake in the north has Yili and contributed.
’s former homeland--Qihe Plain
Qihe Grassland is located in the south of Balkash Lake. This grassland used to be our homeland, which is a pity.
Talas Valley Zhizhicheng
Speaking of these rivers, there is an inconspicuous Taras Valley to the west of the Qihe Grassland. We have to mention that several important Central Asian wars in our history have also happened here. This is also the rare highlight moment for Chinese Chinese here. Western Han General Chen Tang Classic Quotes " Ming invasion of the strong Han Dynasty! Even if it is far away, it will be punished! " comes from here, and the northern Xiongnu abandoned Zhizhicheng , fled west in panic. The Huns no longer dared to offend Western Regions and moved far away to Eastern Europe.
Battle of Talas
Tang Dynasty generals Gao Xianzhi " Battle of Talas " led by the leader of the West, and the Arab civilization representing the East conflicts here. This conflict is to compete for fertile land on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Central Asia. The final result was the Tang army withdrew to the east of Tianshan Mountain. From a geographical point of view, the failure of the Tang army in is inevitable. The land west of the Tianshan Mountains is fertile and sufficient supplies. In contrast, the Tangshan Mountains and ridges crossed the supply route is too long, and many small countries east of the Tianshan Mountains are wagging tail grass. This situation is very similar to the events we had in the South Asian conflict in 1962.
Faced with the old, weak, sick and disabled Qing Dynasty, under the instructions of the northern powers, the Haohan Kingdom represented by Agubo invaded Xinjiang east of the sky, and was finally driven out of the Tianshan Mountains by General Zuo Zongtang and fled to the Gobi west of Lake Balkhash.
Speaking of history, let’s focus on a city----, the thousand-year-old ancient city of Samarkand .Samarkand is the essence of Central Asia. It is surrounded by mountains and water, Turkestan and Alaya, and faces the largest river in Central Asia, the Sir River.
Samarkand
Samarkand is the second largest city of the Republic of Uzbekistan , the capital of Samarkand Prefecture, the hometown of Ukrainian President Karimov , and a famous tourist city. Samarkand is one of the most ancient cities in Central Asia, and an important hub on the Silk Road . Samarkand connects the three major empires of , India and China.
Samarkand is the center of the ancient Silk Road
219, Samarkand was the new capital and cultural center of the Khwarezm Empire. After being captured by Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire , it suffered a catastrophe. Most of the buildings in the city are now built by the later emperor Timur. With the rise of Timur Empire , his army swept Persian , India, Caucasian , , Azerbaijani and Mongolia. He vowed to make Samarkand the capital of Asia , so he piled up treasures plundered from all over Asia in Samarkand, brought the most exquisite craftsmen from each city to Samarkand, and built the most brilliant palaces and mosques in the city.
Ancient City of Samarkand
Because of the unique geographical environment of Central Asia, the north of the Tianshan Mountains has rich rainfall and warm climate, which has nurtured many historical and cultural cities. The capitals of the four Central Asian countries are all in the river valley not far from the north of the Tianshan Mountains.
The capitals of the four countries are all at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains
Let’s use a three-dimensional map to see in detail:
Kazakhstan’s capital before 1997--Almaty-
Almaty is located outside Ili River Valley , south of Balkhash Lake.
Kyrgyzstan--Bishkek
Bishkek is located on the impact plain between the Chu River and the Taras River, and the land is fertile. 斯1时官斯斯 , everyone should be familiar with it. He is the birthplace of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai .
Uzbekistan--Tashkent
Tashkent is at the western end of the Tianshan Mountains, and the Sir River flows through the front. Where Tang Zang passed by to obtain the scriptures,
Tajikistan--Dushanbe
Amu River passes through Dushanbe load-bearing.
These cities will still exist at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the past or in the future. So why are the territory boundaries of the five Central Asian countries intertwined? This should be the role of the former Soviet Union in modern Central Asian history. In a word, let the younger brothers in Central Asian restrict each other.
SCO Summit was held in Samarkand
Recently, Uzbekistan's intention to arrange SCO Summit in the ancient city of Samarkand is self-evident. In the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Asia urgently needs such activities to prove what is the mainstream of world development, and Russia still has many friends.
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