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Page 189
... Uzbek and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republics , bounded by the Kazakh Upland in the north , the foot of the Tien Shan and Pamir - Alay mountains in the east , the Kopet - Dag Mountains in the south , and the Caspian Sea in the west . It ...
... Uzbek and Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republics , bounded by the Kazakh Upland in the north , the foot of the Tien Shan and Pamir - Alay mountains in the east , the Kopet - Dag Mountains in the south , and the Caspian Sea in the west . It ...
Page 247
... Uzbek S.S.R. ) , grandson of the Asian conqueror Timur whose primary interest was in the arts and intellectual matters and under whose brief rule the Timurid dynasty of Iran reached its cultural peak . His father , Shah Rokh , captured ...
... Uzbek S.S.R. ) , grandson of the Asian conqueror Timur whose primary interest was in the arts and intellectual matters and under whose brief rule the Timurid dynasty of Iran reached its cultural peak . His father , Shah Rokh , captured ...
Page 938
... Uzbekistan , and west Tien Shan and is the genecentre for peas , flax , carrot , onion , almond , walnut , grape , alfalfa , and a num- ber of fruit trees and berries . Middle East . This area includes Turkmeniya , Iraq , Transcaucasia ...
... Uzbekistan , and west Tien Shan and is the genecentre for peas , flax , carrot , onion , almond , walnut , grape , alfalfa , and a num- ber of fruit trees and berries . Middle East . This area includes Turkmeniya , Iraq , Transcaucasia ...
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