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Title Regno di Persia con le notitie delle Provincie Antiche, che più probabilmente corrispondono alle Divisioni moderne d'esso Regno.   1679 (dated)         1 : 6500000 Description This is a rare 1682 Cantelli da Vignola map of the Kingdom of Persia, incorporating modern day Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. The map is unusual in its depiction of an eastern border to the Persian empire, here bordering the Mogul Empire. The map overall is notable for Cantelli's attempt to reconcile conflicting classical information of what was an essentially unfamiliar region, with what w...

Photo courtesy of Bruce Pannier Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue The border shared by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is a strip of hard-edged hills and scoured ridges. Apricot orchards occupy scarce flatlands and oxen graze on thinning fields of green. Nearly half of the 600-mile border remains unofficial and non-delineated, a Soviet-era ambiguity with consequences that reverberate today. Drive for an hour through Kyrgyzstan’s southwestern Batken province and one might cross between the two countries a dozen times, depending on where your GPS was configured. Adding to the complexity, pockets ...

New onions, cabbages and cherries are Uzbekistan’s most exported produce Uzbekistan exporters have been actively increasing the supply and range of fruits and vegetables of the new harvest in the past two weeks. At this time, Uzbekistan already exports seven items of fruits and vegetables harvested in 2021, apart from greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. In the traditional foreign markets, onions, white cabbage, Chinese cabbage, garlic, beetroot, and apricots and cherries are in high demand. Judging by the requests for vehicles for transportation, the largest export volumes fall o...

Coronavirus: Number of patients in hospitals surpass 3,500 SOCIETY 11:30 232 On May 4, 404 people tested positive for coronavirus in Uzbekistan, bringing the total number of patients to 92,724. According to the Ministry of Health, 208 cases were registered in the city of Tashkent, 2 – in Karakalpakstan, 6 – in Andijan, 1 – in Bukhara, 6 – in Jizzakh, 2 – in Navoi, 5 – in Namangan, 84 – in Samarkand, 4 – in Syrdarya, 3 – in Fergana, 10 – in Khorezm and 73 – in Tashkent region. So far, 88,535 people have r...

  1869 (dated)         1 : 2027520 Description This monumental map details the southern frontier of the Russian Empire in Asia, extending southwards to the British sphere of influence in Afghanistan, the Punjab and Kashmir. The western part of the map reaches as far as the Aral Sea and Kashmar, formerly Torshīz (شیز) in Persia. The eastern limits of the map are dominated by the Chinese Empire. The lands covered are today divided between Kazakhstan in the north, Uzbekistan across the center, Kyrgyzstan in the east, Tajikistan in the southeast, and Turkmenistan in the southwest. T...