American Historical Review, Volume 130, Issue 2, June 2025, Cover Image

This issue's cover features an 11th-century world map that was published as part of Mahmud al-Kashgari's Diwan Lugat at-Turk (The Compendium of the Turkic Dialects). The map is oriented with the East at the top and centers the Turkish-speaking areas of Central Asia. Adjustment to the scale also gives the impression that Central Asia is magnified in the center. In the History Lab forum ''Big Asia: Rethinking a Region,'' the contributors consider the concept of a unified ''Asia'' and new approaches on the macro scale, pushing readers to adjust their own view and framing of ''Big Asia'' and prompting a re-examination of globalization and Asian history.