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| | Central Eurasian Studies N492 |
 | | As a necessary background to the stories of these musics, we will briefly study the geography, history, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity of the peoples of the Silk Road. |
 | | The musical component focuses on four major areas: The Arab World (North Africa, Levant regions and Middle East); the Caucasus and Asia Minor (Azerbaijan and Turkey); Iran and Afghanistan; and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and Xingjian, the Western province of China known as Uyghuristan or East Turkistan). |
 | | While the course will mainly focus on the Arab, Iranian, Turkic and Central Asian cultures and their peoples, the musical cultures of smaller ethnic groups within these countries and regions such as the Christians, Jews of the Caucasus and Central Asia, gypsies, and other ethnic minorities will also be discussed. |
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