Central asia travel destinations: uzbekistan
Posted By asiagender.net on September 12, 2010
Uzbekistan lies at the heart of the Great Silk Road. For centuries, oases of Samarkand, Bukhara and
Today, Uzbekistan preserves while striving to bring its largely rural, historically nomadic populations better lives in a post-Soviet world. area than California and with a population of 26 million, Uzbekistan contains more than half of people.
Known as the 'sunny republic,' Uzbekistan is arid with annual rainfall between only 4 and
Historically, Uzbekistan is exceedingly rich, a truly great tourist destination. More than 4,000 historic sites dot the country, and thus its the pearl of the ancient Silk Road. Civilization was already ancient here when Alexander the Great in the 4th Century BC. Up until the discovery of ocean routes to India and China, at the crossroads of communication between East and West and was the center of trade and
The conqueror Tamerlane (1336-1405) was born near present day Shahrisabz and created an empire that Asia to Turkey and south to the Ganges. Tamerlane was also a patron of the arts into a magnificent capital for his empire. Importing artisans from conquered territories, He and later rulers many of which still stand.
Central among them is the Registan, which was the heart of Madrasahs or Muslim religious academies face three sides of the square, giving, one built by Tamerlane's built an observatory which he used to advance the science of astronomy during his reign.
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