Logistically too. I literally just learned about the Pamir highway a couple of days ago. And it's a 1200 km route and the only route to traverse the mountain range, and it's been in use for thousands of years since it was also part of the ancient silk road.
This is true of a lot of highways in the American west. They started as trails the indigenous tribes used, which were "discovered" by white "explorers" and, as more people went west, became roads that are now highways.
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u/snifty Feb 11 '25
Interesting place linguistically/ethnically too.
https://eos.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/central-asian-villages-pamir-mountains.png