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Chapter 576 Heading to Central Asia
Central Asia refers to the inland area of ​​central Asia. This concept was first proposed by the German Alexander von Humboldt in 1843. There are many definitions of its scope, and in a narrow sense it is generally limited to the "five Central Asian countries".

In terms of geographical location, Central Asia is located at the junction of the Eurasian continent, in the middle of major or regional powers such as Russia, China, India, Iran, and Pakistan.

It is a transportation hub that runs through the Eurasian continent. It has always been the only place to go east and west and go south and north. The ancient Silk Road passed through this place.After the end of the Cold War, Central Asia, as an important strategic buffer zone, became more prominent in its geopolitical significance.

Although this area has vast grasslands in the north, it lacks the foundation for large-scale agricultural development due to climate and water problems.

Therefore, for a long time, the development of this vast land has been supported by the animal husbandry of nomads and the small-scale agriculture of settled residents on the one hand.More importantly, it was the large-scale inland trade connecting East and West in Asia that was born after Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition.

This also means that this region can easily absorb military technology from Persia, India, China and other regions, so that the military equipment in this region can not only learn from each other's strengths, but also often become a transfer of technology transmission stand.

But another problem is that having good military technology does not mean that this area is really powerful in combat.In fact, it is also restricted by the region's geographical environment and economic development model that makes military development in this region often extremely embarrassing.

Constrained by the relative aridity of its own environment, Central Asia is undoubtedly much more dependent on rivers than civilizations in other regions.

This undoubtedly also makes the countries in this region, except for those regimes that highly maintain the traditions of nomads, their territories are often relatively small.They even existed in the form of city-states in some regions and times.

And even those nomadic regimes that maintain a high degree of tradition are often constrained by the local development potential, and more will choose to develop in West Asia, India, or go north to South Russia.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly an difficult task to maintain a large army in this area for a long time, so as to become a military power that can deter the surrounding areas.

Therefore, in most of human history, Central Asia has often been used more as a springboard for other military powers, or as a battlefield for hegemony.

Although there are two heterogeneous ones, the Guishuang Dynasty and the Timurid Empire.But among the two, the Guishuang Empire not only has a large territory in India today, but the Pakistani area at that time was not as dry as it is today.

The later development of the Timur Khanate was due to the large amount of material and human resources accumulated in the "Mongol Peace" era, and on the other hand, Timur continued to support wars in the process of expansion, thus creating a Build up your own loose and huge empire.

Therefore, after Timur's death, as the Khanate suffered setbacks in foreign wars, the Khanate declined rapidly, and finally disappeared in the long river of history.

As a result, the historical records of this region are extremely chaotic. Because of the rapid changes in the local regime and repeated wars, it is definitely difficult to find any clues in this place.

"Do you think we can find the secret hidden behind the cup this time?" Fan Meng looked out the window at Bishkek, the bustling capital of a county that is not yet in China, and Fan Meng was not very optimistic about this search.

It's no wonder that everyone has so little information this time, it's not wise to travel thousands of kilometers to come here under such circumstances.

"It's hard to say, but I think we can look for the body of the earliest person with the cup first, maybe we can find some valuable clues." Liang En looked away from both sides of the desolate road, and then looked at Fan Meng explained.

"But that cup is very characteristic, and everything on it seems to be hiding some kind of story. I have a hunch that if we keep going all the way, we may find some important discovery."

"If it's what you expected, then we should really come." After hearing Liang En's words, Fan Meng nodded very seriously.

This kind of reason that sounds very metaphysical is more like a joke when applied to others, but when applied to Liang En, it naturally becomes a reason that can be recognized by Fan Meng.

This is because Fan Meng followed Liang En on many expeditions before, and during these expeditions, he did feel Liang En's strange sixth sense in treasure hunting.

Therefore, for Fan Meng, when Liang En said that he secretly felt that there might be a big discovery in the future, he was more convinced than Liang En himself that he would find a big discovery this time.

Soon, they left this small and somewhat backward capital and drove into the suburbs. Here, at the far end of the road sandwiched by poplar forests, they could see the snow-capped peaks in the distance when they looked up.

The car left the city and went up the mountain.About an hour into the mountains, white yurts appeared on the roadside from time to time, and the vegetation in the mountains in the distance became more and more dense.

It's just that there are not many trees in the nearby hills, just covered by grass.Like pieces of "solidified waves", the ups and downs accompanied Liang En and the others up the mountain.

The place Liang En and the others are going to is called Ala-Acha National Park. It is an alpine park in the Tianshan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1976 and is located 40 kilometers south of the capital Bishkek.

The park covers the surrounding mountains beyond the canyon near the Ala Archa River, which is a great place for picnic outings, hiking, skiing, and mountain climbing.

Therefore, although it looks like you need to go uphill on the map, the actual situation is much better than expected. As one of the few world-class scenic spots in this country, the roads along this road are really well repaired.

This park is famous all over the world for its year-round snow cover, gushing snow mountain melt water and clean air.The streams in the densely forested valleys are rushing, and the combination of snow-capped mountains, dense forests and streams is uncanny.

It's just that it's winter now, and the snow falls very early in the mountains, so the famous original ecological lawn in the area can't be seen. According to the brochure, the natural lawn here will be as soft and beautiful as the lawn of a golf course.

Of course, Liang En and the others didn't come here for a trip, so they parked their car in the parking lot of a certain resort soon, and then walked in one direction with their luggage on their backs and a full set of snow equipment.

"The place we went to was only 3000 to [-] meters away from this resort. If there is no accident, we can come back in two or three days. And this place is not a barren mountain, and there has been no bad weather recently. I think we should have no problem."

While explaining the recent situation to Fan Meng and Joan of Arc, Liang En opened a cage and released three ravens. Considering that there must be a lot of field exploration this time, and Central Asia is not a safe place, he again Take these three ravens.

It's just that because of Fan Meng's presence, the three ravens were transported over by plane pet transport, so the ravens that just jumped out of the cage first slowed down in the snow for a minute or two before flapping their wings and flying to into the air.

(End of this chapter)