“中亚”是中央亚细亚或亚洲中心地带的简称,它是与“东亚”、“西亚”、“东南亚”、“东北亚”等地理名词相当的一个术语。“中亚”在我国历史上曾经一直使用“西域”一词来概括它。迄今为止,国内外学者对“中亚”所指的范围见仁见智,各说不一。2002年1月,由中国对外翻译出版公司出版的《中亚文明史》一书,是联合国教科文组织组织各国中亚学家合作撰写的一部著作。其中的“中亚”包括今位于阿富汗、伊朗东北部地区、巴基斯坦、印度北部地区及中亚五国的各个地区以及中国西部地区。这是 “Central Asia ” is short for central Asia or Asia. It is a term equivalent to such geographical terms as “East Asia”, “West Asia”, “Southeast Asia”, “Northeast Asia” . Central Asia has always used the term “Western Regions” in our history to summarize it. So far, both domestic and foreign scholars have different opinions on the scope of “Central Asia”. In January 2002, the book entitled “History of Civilizations in Central Asia”, published by China’s Foreign Translation Publishing Company, is a book jointly organized by Central Asian scholars of UNESCO in various countries. Among them, “Central Asia” includes various regions now located in Afghanistan, northeast Iran, Pakistan, northern India and five Central Asian countries as well as western China. this is