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Traditionally, Eurasia’s inner areas have remained almost unnoticed in the huge continent’s complex and multi-faceted history, when compared, of course, with the great civilisations of Western and Eastern Europe, China, India and the Middle East.
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Akimbekov, S. (2021). Central Asia in Eurasia: Its Role in History. In: Diesen, G., Lukin, A. (eds) The Return of Eurasia. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2179-6_5
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