Transoxania

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Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls

Pro and Con: School Uniforms

Casino. Gambling. Slots. Slot machine. Luck. Rich. Neon. Hit the Jackpot neon sign lights up casino window.

Brain Games: 8 Philosophical Puzzles and Paradoxes

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)

8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides

Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Transoxania: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Also Known As	Mā Warāʾ al-Nahr • Transoxiana

Topics

Ottoman Empire Byzantine Empire British Empire ancient Egypt East Germany Prussia ancient Greek civilization German Empire Austria-Hungary Dust Bowl

Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Key People

Qarakhanid Dynasty

Asian history

Chagatai

Mongol ruler