Turkestan

Examples

• As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It reached out far beyond the utmost limits of the empire, into Armenia, Persia, Abyssinia, Ireland, Germany, India, and Turkestan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Thereupon (1218) the great host of horsemen that Jengis Khan had consolidated and disciplined swept over the Pamirs and down into Turkestan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We have already mentioned the very recent Kharismian empire of Turkestan, Persia, and North India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Chinese recovered Eastern Turkestan from them about 1757. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They became a weapon against the dwindling power of the Mongolian nomads, first in Turkestan and then across Siberia as far as the Amur. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In a century or so all the country known as Western Turkestan was Mongolized, and so it remains to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At this period China ruled eastern Turkestan, Tibet, Nepal, Burmah, and Annam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He shows us the Turks, this new development of the Hun tradition, in possession not only of what is now Turkestan, but all along the northern route. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Their personal bearing, he says further, is quieter and more dignified than that of the townsmen of Turkestan and Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It made its way into Central Asia through Afghanistan and Turkestan, and so reached China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Ottoman Turks were a little band of fugitives who fled southwesterly before the first invasion of Western Turkestan by Jengis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He established himself in Samarkand, and spread his authority over Kipchak (Turkestan to South Russia), Siberia, and southward as far as the Indus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Mongols in China and Central Asia turned to Buddhism; in South Russia, Western Turkestan, and the Ilkhan Empire they embraced Islam. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There were forests then in south Russia and in the country which is now Western Turkestan, where now steppes and deserts prevail. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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