Sassanian control was tenuous at times as numerous challenges from Central Asian tribes led to instability and constant warfare in the region.

After the breakup of the Uyghur Kaganate in 840, the Central Asian tribes found themselves unattached.

It was an important territory in that it kept out inner Asian tribes from invading.

The Hephthalite were another Central Asian nomadic tribe to invade.

He crushed the Central Asian tribes, and annexed the area as a new province.

It was a widely extended belief among many Mediterranean and Asian tribes and cultures.

At the same time he was attacked in the east by Scythian Massagetae and other Central Asian tribes.

Central Asian tribes commonly inflicted the water torture with urine.

It's a signal used by the central Asian Muslim tribes.

The Asian tribe won the first "Survivor: Cook Islands" challenge: puzzle solving.