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Ferghana Valley

The Ferghana Valley is a fertile basin in Central Asia, today shared by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In the late second century BCE the Han Dynasty sent armies there to obtain its famous 'heavenly horses', extending Chinese influence into Central Asia.

Ferghana Valley
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ferghana Valley. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ferghana-valley
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