Taraz (formerly Zhambyl or Dzhambul) is a city and a center of the Zhambyl oblysy in Kazakhstan. It is located in the South of Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Talas River( Taraz River) and its population is about 300,000 (1993 estimate.) Kazakhstan is divided into 14 oblystar (singular - oblysy) (capitals in parentheses, unless the same as oblysy name): Almaty Oblysy (Taldykorgan) Aqmola (Kokshetau) Aqtöbe Atyrau Batys Qazaqstan (Oral) Mangghystau (Aqtau) Ongtustik Qazaqstan (Shymkent) Pavlodar Qaraghandy Qostanay Qyzylorda Shyghys Qazaqstan (Öskemen) Soltustik Qazaqstan (Petropavlovsk) Zhambyl (Taraz) note: in 1995 the Governments... The Talas River spans territory in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. ...

The story of Taraz begins with sogdian regugees from bukhara fleeing the tyrant Abrui(Abarzi). They built a new town called Jamukat(dzhamukat)along the Talas river, which is known to the medieval geographers.

It had been a populated area for a long time and in the 5th Century it was located on the Silk Road between Europe and China. In the 8th and 9th centuries it was under the control of the Arabs, and in the 11th century it was capital of the Turkic Kara-khanid Empire, which also ruled Bukhara. In the 13th century it was destroyed by the Mongols under Jenghiz Khan. The Silk Road (Traditional Chinese: 絲綢之路; Simplified Chinese: 丝绸之路; pinyin: sÄ« chóu zhÄ« lù, Persian راه ابریشم Râh-e Abrisham) was an interconnected series of routes through Southern Asia traversed by caravan and ocean vessel, and connecting Changan (todays Xian), China, with Antioch, Syria, as well as other points. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... Bukhara (Buxoro or Бухоро in Uzbek (the Cyrillic alphabet was officially phased out for Uzbek after independence); بُخارا /Bukhârâ/ in Persian, Buhe/Puhe Tang Chinese, Бухара in Russian; also Boxara in Tatar) is one of... The Mongols are an ethnic group that originated in what is now Mongolia, Russia, and China, particularly Inner Mongolia. ... Genghis Khan (Mongolian: Чингис Хаан, Jenghis Khan, Jinghis Khan, Chinghiz Khan, Jinghiz Khan, Chinggis Khan, Changaiz Khan, original name Temüjin, Temuchin, Mongolian: Тэмүүжин) (c. ...

Rebuilt some 600 years later by the Khanate of Kokand as a fontier fort, it was taken by Tsarist Russia in 1864. It was called Aulie-Ata ("Holy Father") until 1936 and then Mirzoyan until 1938, when it was renamed for the Kazakh poet Zhambyl Zhabayev. The original name was restored in 1997. While named Aulie-Ata, the region gave its name to a breed of dairy cattle. Local Kazakh cattle were crossed with Dutch breeds as early as 1885, although planned breeding did not start until the 1930s. The Aulie-Ata breed was officially recognised in 1950 [1]. Khanate of Kokand was established in 1701 in kishlak Shohimardon by Minglar dynasty. ... Росси́йская Импе́рия, (also Imperial Russia) covers the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great into the Russian Empire stretching from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposition of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start of the Russian Revolution... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It is located on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway and its economy is primarily based on agriculture such as cotton production. In the city itself processed food, fertilizer, textiles, and metal products are manufactured. The Turkistan-Siberian Railway (the Turk-Sib) is a railway connecting Central Asia with Siberia. ... Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Fertilizers or fertilisers are compounds given to plants with the intention of promoting growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar spraying, for uptake through leaves. ...

In Taraz are two mausoleums from the 11th (Karakhan Mausoleum) and 12th (Shamankur Mausoleum)centuries. 18km to the west of Taraz are two more masoleums (Ayshah Bibi and Babadzhy Khatun)in the village of Aisha-Bibi The mausoleum of Aisha-Bibi(ancient moon-prinecss) 11th centruy mausoleum. ...

The Battle of Talas (751) is believed to have been fought in today's Kyrgyzstan, southeast of Taraz. The Battle of Talas in AD 751 was a conflict between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty over the control of Central Asia. ... Events Pippin the Short is elected as king of the Franks by the Frankish nobility, marking the end of the Merovingian and beginning of the Carolingian dynasty. ...