History

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Extended Families

Division of Labor by Gender

Population

Composition of Population

Linguistic Identification

Writing

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Verbal Arts

Identification

Location

Age Stratification

Gender Status

Kinship Terminology

Rules of Descent

Tribe and Nation

Inheritance

Mortality

Medical Care

Infant Care

Bibliographies in Sources

Religious Experience

Religious Denominations

Real Property

External Trade

Status, Role, and Prestige

Talent Mobility

Classes

Ingroup Antagonisms

Inter-Community Relations

Instigation of War

Topography and Geology

Priesthood

Ethics

Community Councils

Social Control

Lineages

Climate

Urban and Rural Life

Community Structure

Internal Trade

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

5311

Visual Arts

Tillage

Textile Agriculture

Water Supply

Human Effects on Environment

Reviews and Critiques

Dwellings

Settlement Patterns

Pastoral Activities

Production and Supply

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Organized Ceremonial

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Nuptials

Residence

Material Not Relevant

Social Relationships and Groups

Form and Rules of Government

Ritual

Religious Intolerance and Martyrs

CULTURE SUMMARY: TURKMENS

SYNOPSIS

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS

KIN TERMS

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The majority of Turkmens in Central Asia live in Turkmenistan. They speak a Turkic language that is close to the languages of Turkey and Azerbaijan. The traditional Turkmen economy is divided between agriculturalists and pastoralists. Turkmens are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

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