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The five Central Asian countries - Turkmenistan's Arabian horses.

👉The Arabian horse: The Arabian horse is famous for sweating blood and was discovered in Turkmenistan 5,000 years ago. It is very light, tall and slender, so it can run very fast and for a long time, and its fur is soft. 70% of the world's horses are related to the Arabian horse. Because horses have profound significance to the Turkmen people, they do not eat horse meat, and they cremate and bury horses properly after they die. 👉The world's three largest neutral countries: Costa Rica, Turkmenistan, and Switzerland. Turkmenistan has a population of about 6 million people, divided into five provinces, with the capital having a population of about 1 million. Although Turkmenistan is a neutral country, it has very close relations with Russia. 👉Turkmenistan was not a Muslim country before the 7th century. It was not until the Achaemenid Empire of Persia brought Islam that Turkmenistan became an Islamic country. Genghis Khan's Mongolian army came in the 13th century and destroyed many things and massacred the city. When Russia ruled Turkmenistan in the 19th century, it brought Eastern Orthodoxy with it, so Turkmenistan has a mixed belief of Islam and Eastern Orthodoxy. Even those who are not very devout Muslims can intermarry. 👉Nissa (World Cultural Heritage): It was one of the capitals of the Parthian Empire in the 3rd century BC. It was conquered by the Sassanid Empire in the 4th century and precious cultural relics were unearthed here.
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