September 2016 Desktop Wallpaper

This month’s image is from Iskanderkul Lake in Tajikistan 1920×1200 | 1920×1080 | 1600×1200 | 1680×1050 | 1600×900 1440×900 | 1280×1024 | 1280×800 | 1024×768 iPad | iPhone 6 |…

Which Side of the Road Do They Drive On?

…Slovak Republic Slovenia Somalia Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Togo Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam…

Electrical Outlets Around the World

…Saint Martin Sint Eustatius San Marino Senegal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Tahiti Tajikistan Thailand Togo Turkmenistan Tunisia Turkey Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Vietnam Zambia…

The Latin Alphabet

The Latin Alphabet

…year period. Likewise, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan have all announced plans to move from Cyrillic to Latin.  Many countries have not officially switched, but Latin is commonly  used alongside other…

Tulipmania!

Tulipmania

…from Central Asia, in particular the region around Tian Shen mountains in what is today Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Northwestern China.  There isn’t a single mention in antiquity about…

The Aral Sea

The Aral Sea

…originates in the Pamir mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan and flows northwest. The Syr Darya also flows northwest originating in the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan. The name Aral comes…

The Silk Road

The Silk Road

…to the north and the Hindu Kush Mountains to the south.  From here, the main routes extended through the modern-day countries of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Once you…