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Retracing my steps along the old Silk Road of Uzbekistan

September 28th 2016
For the uninitiated, present-day Uzbekistan was previously the junction and the centre of the ancient caravan road which stretched from the Mediterranean to the Pacific Ocean and which was called the Great Silk Road. Towns and countries came and went over history, but for centuries the road functioned as a trade and cultural bridge between the East and the West. There is no doubt that a revisit to ... read more
Asia » Uzbekistan

Uzbekistani Flag 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
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