Samarkand

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I learned so much from my trip to Samarkand (former names are Marakanda and Smarakanda)! I felt that I was a part of history that counts back 2500 years when I visited Gur Emir Mausoleum where Amir Temur, his sons and his grandson Ulug Beg were burried. I could not imagine that in the 15th century (1438) Ulug Beg was able to constuct an observatory and the table of the values of such trigonometric... Read Full Entry

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