History of the central steppe

Aral
Sea
Urals
Syr-
Darya
Caspian
Ferghana
Zhetysu
Tian_Shan_Mountains
Lake
Balkash
Dzun-
garia
Tarim_Basin
Important places on a map of Kazakhstan

This is a short History of the central steppe, an area roughly equivalent to modern Kazakhstan. Because the history is complex it is mainly an outline and index to the more detailed articles given in the links. It is a companion to History of the western steppe and History of the eastern steppe and is parallel to the History of Kazakhstan and the History of Central Asia.