Samarkand |
1.Samarkand
is Uzbekistan's second city |
Marriage procession of Alexander the Great
and the Bactrian princess Roxana in
327 b.c.
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2.
Samarkand's history |
Silk Road |
2.1.
Samarkand and the Silk Road |
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2.2.
The Prophet and the Camel - Saddel |
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2.3.
The Mongols |
Timur
(known in Europe as Tamerlane) |
2.3.
The Timurids |
The Uzbek leader
Muhammad Shaybani |
2.4.
The Forgotten Market Town |
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3.Monuments of Samarkand |
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3.1.Registan |
Ulug Bek madrasa
(built 1417-20)
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3.1.1.Ulug
Bek Madrasa |
Sher Dor Madrasa
(built 1619-35)
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3.1.2.Sher Dor Madrasa |
Tilla Kari madrasa
(built 1646-59)
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3.1.3Tilla Kari Madrasa |
Wedding procassion.Mural.
(8th -9th centuries)
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3.2.Museum
of History, Culture and Art |
Bibi Khanym Mosque
(built between 1399 and 1404)
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3.3.Bibi
Khanym Mosque |
Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble
(11 - 20 th centuries)
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3.4.Shah-i-Zinda
Ensemble |
The Ulug Bek Observatory
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3.5.The
Ulug Bek Observatory |
Shrine to Chupan - Ata
(built around 1440 )
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3.6.Shrine
to Chupan - Ata |
Chaghanian envoys carryng gifts to the king
of Samarkand.
(8th -9th centuries)
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3.7.Afrasiab
Museum |
Gur Emir
(built around 1404 )
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3.8.Gur
Emir |
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3.8.Tamerlane's
Ghost |
Ishrat - Khona
(built 1464)
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3.9.Ishrat
- Khona |
Khodja Abdi Darun
( 'consists of a 12th - century mausoleum' )
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3.9.South
Samarkand |
