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History of Uzbekistan
The Silk Road, empires and turning points behind the modern map.
HistoryThe Great Silk Road: The Road That Created Uzbekistan
It wasn't one road — and silk was only the most famous of its goods. For a millennium and a half the Great Silk Road linked China with Europe, and the Uzbek cities were not stops along it but its hubs and engines. To understand Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva...
HistoryAmir Timur: The Man Who Conquered Half the World — and Built Samarkand
A limping shepherd who became an undefeated commander. Squares bear his name; his legacy includes the Taj Mahal. But was he a builder of civilization or its destroyer? The honest answer: both.