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Word: kazakistan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...walls and high gates is found a desert melting pot of Mongols, Turks, Tibetans, Manchus. Moslems who have long thrived on the city's far-flung trade. At Lanchow, Bactrian camels dump full caravan loads that have been hauled 1,500 miles from the Turkestan-Siberian railhead in Kazakistan. By camelback are brought dates from Turkestan, raisins and apricots from Turfan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Gateway Gunned | 1/8/1940 | See Source »

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