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Samarkand

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July 27th 2015
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 more

Asia » Uzbekistan » Samarkand

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Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain... ... read more