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Samarkand - the Capital of
Tamerlane
Samarkand is situated in the valley of the river
Zarafshan. It is the second largest city of Uzbekistan
and is of the same age as the city of Babylon or Rome.
The history of Samarkand is about 2,500 years old and
has witnessed a lot of upheavals during the times of
Alexander the Great, the Arabic Conquest, Genghis-Khan
Conquest and lastly Tamerlane's. Hence, the culture of
Samarkand was developed and mixed together with the
Iranian, Indian, Mongolian and a bit of the Western and
Eastern cultures. Majestic and beautiful city Samarkand
has a marvelous and attractive power. Poets and
historians of the past called it "Rome of the East, The
beauty of sublunary countries, The pearl of the Eastern
Moslem World". Its advantageous geographical position in
Zarafshan valley put Samarkand to the first place among
cities of the Central Asia.
Samarkand Pictures
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Guri Emir |
Guri Emir |
Sher Dor, Registan |
Samarkand History
There are cities which centuries-old
history embodies the history of whole nation and
countries, reflecting the way passed by many
generations. Such is Samarkand-one of the most ancient
city in the world. As other first centers of human
civilization-Babylon and Memphis, Athens and Rome,
Alexandria and Byzantium-Samarkand was intended to go
through rapid events and shakes.
Samarkand history goes deep into thousand years.
Archeological finds and annalistic proceedings of
eyewitnesses and ancient historians allowed to establish
with full reliability that a man had been living on the
territory of modern city many thousand years ago B.C. |
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