Samarkand

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Silk Road city ancient city city

Samarkand is an ancient Silk Road city in present-day Uzbekistan renowned for its Timurid-era Islamic architecture and role as a major cultural and commercial center of Central Asia.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Samarkand canonical	75
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures	7
Samarqand	7
Afrasiab (ancient Samarkand)	1
City of Samarqand	1
Samarkand cultural ensemble	1
Samarkand oasis	1
historic Samarkand	1
historic center of Samarkand	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Silk Road city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ city ⓘ
associatedWith	Timur ⓘ Ulugh Beg ⓘ
conqueredBy	Alexander the Great ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Arab Caliphate Genghis Khan ⓘ Timur ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	39.6542 N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	66.9597 E ⓘ
country	Uzbekistan ⓘ
foundedBy	Sogdians ⓘ
foundedInCentury	7th century BCE ⓘ
hasLandmark	Afrasiab archaeological site ⓘ Bibi-Khanym Mosque ⓘ Gur-e-Amir ⓘ surface form: Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum Registan ⓘ Shah-i-Zinda necropolis ⓘ Ulugh Beg observatory ⓘ surface form: Ulugh Beg Observatory
historicalEra	Timurid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Timurid era
historicalFunction	cultural center of the Timurid Empire ⓘ major commercial center of Central Asia ⓘ
historicalRegion	Sogdia ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Samarkand Region ⓘ
knownFor	Timurid-era Islamic architecture ⓘ cultural diversity ⓘ historic madrasas and mosques ⓘ role as major Silk Road trading center ⓘ
languageCommonlySpoken	Russian ⓘ Tajik ⓘ Uzbek ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Asia ⓘ Samarkand Region ⓘ Zeravshan River ⓘ surface form: Zarafshan River valley
majorEthnicGroup	Tajiks ⓘ Uzbeks ⓘ
partOf	Uzbekistan ⓘ
populationEstimate	over 500000 inhabitants ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPresent	Buddhism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ
servedAs	capital of the Timurid Empire ⓘ
timeZone	Uzbekistan Time ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	Samarkand International Airport ⓘ railway connections to Tashkent and Bukhara ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignation	Samarkand self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2001 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	World Heritage Site ⓘ
utcOffset	+5 ⓘ

Referenced by (95)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timurid dynasty → hasCapital → Samarkand ⓘ

Timurid dynasty → hasCulturalCenter → Samarkand ⓘ

Silk Road routes → majorCityOnRoute → Samarkand ⓘ

Islamic Golden Age → centerOfActivity → Samarkand ⓘ

Uzbekistan → hasCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Tajiks → traditionalRegion → Samarkand ⓘ

Uzbek → majorCitiesAssociated → Samarkand ⓘ

Khanate of Bukhara → majorCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Islamic astronomy → hasNotableCenter → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarqand

Timur → burialPlace → Samarkand ⓘ

Timur → capitalOfRealm → Samarkand ⓘ

Samarkand → UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignation → Samarkand self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures

Shahrukh Mirza → capital → Samarkand ⓘ

Timurid architecture → notableCityCenter → Samarkand ⓘ

Timurid miniature painting → centerOfProduction → Samarkand ⓘ

Shahrisabz → locatedSouthOf → Samarkand ⓘ

Ulugh Beg → deathPlace → Samarkand ⓘ

Ulugh Beg → residence → Samarkand ⓘ

Baburnama → coversRegion → Samarkand ⓘ

Abu Sa'id Mirza → ruledCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Samanid Empire → capital → Samarkand ⓘ

Maturidi → historicalCenter → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarqand

Judeo-Tajik → region → Samarkand ⓘ

Sogdians → majorCity → Samarkand ⓘ

European route E60 → passesThrough → Samarkand ⓘ

Sogdia → capital → Samarkand ⓘ

Sogdia → majorCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Sogdia → archaeologicalSite → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afrasiab (ancient Samarkand)

Kara-Khanid Khanate → capital → Samarkand ⓘ

Persianate world → hasRegion → Samarkand ⓘ

Aral Sea Basin → containsCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Transoxiana → containsCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Khwarazmian Empire → capital → Samarkand ⓘ

Khwarazmian Empire → majorCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Zeravshan River → cityOnRiver → Samarkand ⓘ

Zeravshan River → associatedWith → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarkand oasis

Muhammad Shaybani → territoryControlled → Samarkand ⓘ

Shaybanid dynasty → capital → Samarkand ⓘ

Shaybanid dynasty → territoryIncludes → Samarkand ⓘ

Abdullah Khan II → territorialExpansion → Samarkand ⓘ

Janid dynasty → hasCapital → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarqand

Janid dynasty → territoryIncludes → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarqand

Qutham ibn Abbas → deathPlace → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarqand

Qutham ibn Abbas → burialPlace → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samarqand

Qutham ibn Abbas → associatedWith → Samarkand ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Samarqand

Silk Road cultural sphere → notableCenter → Samarkand ⓘ

Trans-Caspian Railway → passesThrough → Samarkand ⓘ

Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani → compiledInCity → Samarkand ⓘ

Ulugh Beg observatory → locatedIn → Samarkand ⓘ

subject surface form: Ulugh Beg Observatory

Ulugh Beg observatory → partOf → Samarkand ⓘ

subject surface form: Ulugh Beg Observatory

this entity surface form: Samarkand cultural ensemble