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Central Asia

Hey all, Central Asia is the COTW, and I thought you might like to help out a bit with the historical overview, since there are many former empires and kingdoms in the region. Thanks in advance, thames.

Defining the states

Perhaps a list of states could be set up to help reactivate this project.

Possible issues to be considered:

How small can a state be: for example some of the components of what became Germany in the 19th century, and of Princely India.
Empire formation and decolonisation.
Significant regime change/structural change.
Changes of state names.

Suggested divsions would be by region and by period.

Useful website for the overview text:

Regnal Chronologies [[1]]

Jackiespeel 19:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)