And, in addition, I found this ethnic map of present-day Central Asia.
Actually, I have another question, but it changes the original thread a bit...
How could one create a Medieval (Central) Asia without great empires having conquered, submissive peoples etc.? So, more 'ethnic' states, in fact.
Potential countries could be:
- Bukhara (see
this map, and
this one).
-
Karakalpakstan (see also
Khwarezm)
- Brahui (
where the Brahui people live in Pakistan)
-
Bactria
- Persia (where the ethnic Persians or Iranian people live; see
this map)
-
Parthia (an alternative option for an Persian area, propably with areas where Persian-speaking Afghan peoples live, so quite big)
-
Hazaristan (in Afghanistan, for the Hazara people)
-
Punjab (in Pakistan)
-
Balochistan
- Sindh
- Turkmenistan (the ethnic area with border regions of Afghanistan etc.)
- other areas of Afghanistan, maybe (see
this map)
- Waziristan
- Tajikistan (ethnic regions, so not necessarily the modern country,
maybe with other Sogdanian areas)
- Uzbekistan (the same counts for this one)
-
Hyrcania
- Kyrgyzstan (again; ethinc!)
- Kazachstan (ethnic!)
- East-Turkestan or Uyghuristan (see
here and
here)
- Crimea
- many Caucasus peoples having their own Kingdom/State/Republic/...
- Azerbaijan with Irania Azerbaijan
- Tatarstan (where the Tatars live(d))
- etc.
- etc.
These are all just options based on fantasy etc., so they may be very implausible for Medieval times.
Comment, propose, remark or create maps or flags, whatever you want!
(And yes, indeed, I misspelled 'posibil
ity' in the thread's name...)