The Sitan-countries: History as challenge along the Silk Road

The Eurasian trade route was more than 6,000 kilometers long and split into several sub-strands has a history. Now all of these routes have been revived. With corresponding expansion the infrastructure, certain circumstances are still challenging in 21st century: nationalism, especially among former Soviet states, security times global terror, economic competition. Central Asian region is melting pot different ethnic groups, ancient, as well recent, history, sometimes with harmonious coexistence, conflicts that influence politics social background. author traveled through individual examined ecological-economic factors conducted interviews to clarify socio-political views. This paper examines implications regarding economy politics, cultural background, where it refers.