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Global Voices in English » China: Considering Han chauvinism 2009
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Khiva to Samarkand - The remarkable story of a woman's adventurous journey alone through the deserts of Central Asia to the heart of Turkestan (Paperback) By Ella Robertson Christie Buy new: $20.009 used and new from $18.10 First tagged "adventure" by publisher "trotamundas press" Customer tags: biography (2), women, adventure, women travellers, turkestan, samarkand, travel book, central asia
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vanishedone commented on the word turkestan
'Many of the Turkish republic's early elite sought a Pan-Turkic identity in alliance with the Turkic cultures of Central Asia. But the ancient homeland of the Turkish people - Turkestan - was in the possession of Russia and China...'
(James Cuno, Who Owns Antiquity?, p.75.)
November 2, 2008