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It is very difficult to cure someone who has been poisoned by a reptile living in the desert sand. However, it is very easy to save someone poisoned by a snake which has been living in the water for centuries. Everything on this earth has its own characteristics.

One of the unique characteristics of the Türkmen land is its ability to attach its inhabitants to itself. Our ancestors conquered the most beautiful places in the world but they were not fascinated enough by the beauties of those places to settle there. If they had wanted to settle in the most beautiful places in the world, they could have done so because they were the Soltans of those places. Instead they returned to their own homeland, no matter where they had conquered and no matter what they had acquired from other places in the world. They had warred for and protected these lands. They worked on these lands and reaped the benefits of this as fertility.

We have now, following our independence, gained the chance to learn our history in full. Now there is the chance to learn not only about the political developments in our history but also about the developments in the history of agriculture. I found some very interesting information while researching our agricultural history. Then I understood the reason for our ancestor’s affection for these lands.

The historical evidence shows that the origin of white wheat is Türkmenistan. The seeds of white wheat which were grown five thousand years ago were found here in Änew. From this information, we can conclude that the source of white wheat is Türkmenistan.

Oguz Han wanted every corner of our country to be a rose garden. Before the war, he ordered the soldiers to plant a tree; he would allow any soldier who had not planted a tree to


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