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乌兹别克斯坦历史

The Silk Road, empires and turning points behind the modern map.

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The 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...

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Amir 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.