Central Asia

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10 Questions
5 Minuets
1.
What was the name of the ancient trade route that passed through central Asia?
2.
What's the name of this dangerous sport, played with a goat carcass for a ball?
3.
What do you call this traditional Uzbek rice dish?
4.
What formerly the fourth largest lake in the world has now almost completely dried up?
5.
What central Asian city has given name to a style of oriental carpets?
6.
Who was the famous 15th century ruler, astronomer and mathematician based in Samarkand?
7.
What ethnic group constitutes roughly half the population of Chinese central Asia?
8.
In what Kazakh city lies the Cosmodrome from which all crewed Russian spaceflights are launched?
9.
Different places in central Asia claim to be the birthplace of this popular 13th century satirist. Who is he?
10.
What's the historical Latin/Greek name of the Amu Darya river?
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