Book of Dede Korkut

31 05, 2017

Book of Dede Korkut – Central Asian stories

By Karen Carr|2017-05-31T18:28:25-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|0 Comments

Nobody knows who composed the Book of Dede Korkut, or exactly when, but it was probably composed in Central Asia and then written down in the Ottoman Empire around 1400 AD. In the [...]

31 05, 2017

Alpamysh – an early Central Asian story

By Karen Carr|2019-09-18T07:48:59-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia|2 Comments

Central Asian horses, like in the Alpamysh story When is the Alpamysh from? Nobody knows who composed the Alpamysh, or exactly when, but they probably first sang the Alpamysh in [...]