ARH 382 ART OF THE SILK ROAD WINTER 2004

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Steppe - basically grassland, the longest stretch of which exists on the Eurasian continent.

Geography:

On a map, locate the Tien Shan and Kunlun Mountains and look for the following features:

• Taklamakan Desert - Lit. "the place from which nothing living returns"
• Tarim River
• Tarim Basin
• Loulan
• Charkhlik (Chinese: Jo-chi'iang)
• Niya (Chinese: Minfeng)
• Khotan

Locate present-day Kyrgyzstan and look for the following:

• Issyk Kul - Lit. "Hot Lake"