Views of the Black Canyon

#khazakhstan #travel #canyon #blackcanyon

Views of the Black Canyon

#khazakhstan #travel #canyon #blackcanyon

Politically savvy princesses wove together a vast ancient empire
Elite women from Xiongnu society solidified alliances among far-flung tribes
The Xiongnu, mounted warriors from what is today Mongolia, ruled from the edge of China to the grasslands of modern-day Kazakhstan and launched relentless attacks on their neighbors, prompting the wall’s construction.
https://www.science.org/content/article/politically-savvy-princesses-wove-together-vast-ancient-empire #princesses #xiongnu #china #khazakhstan #warriors
Politically savvy princesses wove together a vast ancient empire

Elite women from Xiongnu society solidified alliances among far-flung tribes

Kazakhstan wants greater independence from Russia. Given what happened to Ukraine, who can blame them.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/kazakhstans-seizure-of-russian-space-assets-threatens-the-soyuz-5-rocket/
#Russia #khazakhstan #Ukraine
Kazakhstan’s seizure of Russian space assets threatens the Soyuz-5 rocket

Russia has spent nearly $1 billion on the development of the new Soyuz-5 rocket.

Ars Technica

Comrade Kim Jong-un wins Kazakhstan elections by a landslide.

#khazakhstan #election #politics

Trying to decide if my hotel here in Almaty has flaky DNS or if #khazakhstan is randomly blocking / reducing access to things.

archive.org definitely seems to be blocked, full stop.