Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Hanyar wucewa: Mamayar makiyaya ta ƙare a ƙarni na 16 yayin da bindigogi suka ba da damar mazauna yankin su mallaki yankin. Daular Rasha, daular Qing ta China, da sauran iko sun faɗaɗa yankin kuma sun mamaye yawancin Asiya ta Tsakiya a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19. Bayan Juyin Juya Halin Rasha na 1917, Tarayyar Soviet ta haɗu da yawancin Asiya ta Tsakiya; Mongolia da Afghanistan ne kawai suka kasance masu zaman kansu, kodayake Mongolia ta wanzu a matsayin wata ƙasa ta Soviet da sojojin Soviet suka mamaye Afghanistan a ƙarshen karni na 20. Yankunan Soviet na Asiya ta Tsakiya sun ga yawancin masana'antu da gina kayayyakin more rayuwa, amma kuma an danne al'adun gida da kuma gado mai dorewa na tashin hankali da matsalolin muhalli.  Tambaya: A wace karni ne Tarayyar Soviet ta mamaye Afghanistan?
Karni na 20