Problems in inter-ethnic relations in Central Asia are often attributed in the religion. The area is divided into three major religious groups, namely Islam (Shiites), Christianity (Armenian-Georgian church), and Judaism. Most of the time, they treat themselves as separate people and there are in fact, times when they see one another as dominant over the other religion, which basically sparks the conflict.
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Formerly the fourth largest lake in the world with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,300 sq mi), the Aral Sea began shrinking in the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.
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