the Turks / Mongolia

the Old Turkic script

Central Asia - A landlocked area of continental Asia comprising Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan

to construct, to build up

powerful

power, might

prod, nudge / prick, stab / bump into, collide / stick out, protrude / suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly / (martial arts) an attacking move in kendo, sumo, et al.; thrust, lunge

empire / Short for 大日本帝国.

(biochemistry) mutation

lofty; towering; sharply sticking out