Samarqand

Samarqand
Sam·ar·qand or Sam·ar·kand (sămʹər-kănd', sə-mər-käntʹ)
A city of southern Uzbekistan southwest of Tashkent. Dating from the third or fourth millennium B.C., the city was conquered by Alexander the Great in 329, taken by the Arabs in the eighth century A.D., and destroyed by Genghis Khan c. 1220. It was rebuilt as a fabled center of great splendor and opulence when it became (c. 1370) the capital of Tamerlane's empire. Population: 370,000.

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