Representation of medieval climate fluctuations in Central Asia in the toponymic system: Historical and geographical data
Journal: Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
Year: 2025

This article considers the nature of climate changes in the Middle Ages of Central Asia and the influence of these changes on the toponymy in the region. The aim of the study is to analyze the manifestation of climate changes in the names of natural objects described in historical data of Central Asia and to study whether the semantic load of toponyms corresponds to the current geographical reality. The spatial identification of toponyms found in medieval historical sources, their etymological a