Original sentence: Alexander the Great conquered the territory in the fourth century BCE on his way to South-central Asia, around the time that the Silk Road was established as a major trading route between Asia and the Mediterranean Region.The Great Balkhan Range in the west of the country (Balkan Province) and the Köýtendag Range on the south-eastern border with Uzbekistan (Lebap Province) are the only other significant elevations.Turkmenistan (; also known as Turkmenia, ) is a Turkic country in South-central Asia.When the Soviet Union began to collapse, Turkmenistan and the rest of the South-central Asian states heavily favored maintaining a reformed version of the state, mainly because they needed the economic power and common markets of the Soviet Union to prosper
Edited sentence: Alexander the Great conquered the territory in the fourth century BCE on his way to Central Asia, around the time that the Silk Road was established as a major trading route between Asia and the Mediterranean Region.The Great Balkhan Range in the west of the country (Balkan Province) and the Köýtendag Range on the southeastern border with Uzbekistan (Lebap Province) are the only other significant elevations.Turkmenistan (; also known as Turkmenia, ) is a Turkic country in Central Asia.When the Soviet Union began to collapse, Turkmenistan and the rest of the Central Asian states heavily favored maintaining a reformed version of the state, mainly because they needed the economic power and common markets of the Soviet Union to prosper