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Turan
Historical region in Central Asia

Turan

Turan is a historical region in Central Asia.

The term is of Iranian origin and may refer to a particular prehistoric human settlement, a historic geographical region, or a culture. The original Turanians were an Iranian tribe of the Avestan age.

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