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.

Aliases (2)

Samarqand ×2
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Silk Road city → ancient city → city →
associatedWith	Timur → Ulugh Beg →
conqueredBy	Alexander the Great → Arab Caliphate → Genghis Khan → Timur →
coordinateLatitude	39.6542 N →
coordinateLongitude	66.9597 E →
country	Uzbekistan NERFINISHED →
foundedBy	Sogdians →
foundedInCentury	7th century BCE →
hasLandmark	Afrasiab archaeological site → Bibi-Khanym Mosque → Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum → Registan → Shah-i-Zinda necropolis → Ulugh Beg Observatory →
historicalEra	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 → Zarafshan River valley →
majorEthnicGroup	Tajiks → Uzbeks →
partOf	Uzbekistan NERFINISHED →
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 – Crossroad of Cultures →
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2001 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	World Heritage Site →
utcOffset	+5 →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Samanid Empire → Shahrukh Mirza →	capital
Timur →	burialPlace
Timur →	capitalOfRealm
Islamic Golden Age →	centerOfActivity
Timurid miniature painting →	centerOfProduction
Baburnama →	coversRegion
Ulugh Beg →	deathPlace
Timurid dynasty →	hasCapital
Uzbekistan →	hasCity
Timurid dynasty →	hasCulturalCenter
Islamic astronomy ("Samarqand") →	hasNotableCenter
Maturidi ("Samarqand") →	historicalCenter
Shahrisabz →	locatedSouthOf
Uzbek →	majorCitiesAssociated
Khanate of Bukhara →	majorCity
Silk Road routes →	majorCityOnRoute
Timurid architecture →	notableCityCenter
Ulugh Beg →	residence
Abu Sa'id Mirza →	ruledCity
Tajiks →	traditionalRegion
Samarkand ("Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures") →	UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignation