The Great Silk Road

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The Great Silk Road
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Along The Great Silk Road

• As soon as mankind began to realize its social
  importance, the trade becomes one of the leading
  factors of communication between separate groups
  of people, between towns and states, between
  human communities.
• The Great Silk Road is an example of that how the
  mankind developed in the course of its historic
  being, now it passed from culture to culture,
  from stage to stage, how it passed from one time
  to a new period and how it became adult. It
  testifies to the fact that the way of trade,
  culture and science is the best way of contacts
  and communication of peoples.

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UZBEKISTAN ON THE GREAT SILK ROAD
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INTRODUCTION

• Population 25 million
• Surface area
• total 447,400 sq kilometersland
  425,400 sq kilometers
• water 22,000 sq kilometers
• Land boundaries
• total 6.221 km
• border countries Kazakhstan 2.203 km,
  Kyrgyzstan 1.099km, Tajikistan 1.161 km,
  Turkmenistan 1.621 km
• Climate Mostly middle altitude desert, long,
  hot summers, mild winters semiarid grassland in
  east
• Natural resources natural gas, petroleum, coal,
  gold urnium, silver, copper, lead and zinc,
  tungsten, molybdenum.
• Languages Uzbek 74,3, Russian 14,2 , Tadjik
  4,4, other 7,1
• Religions Muslim 88 (mostly Sunnite), Eastern
  Orthodox 9, other 3
• Capital Tashkent
• Currency SumCountry code 998

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Tashkent

• Tashkent is the
• capital of sovereign Uzbekistan. In the
  present Tashkent is one of the most important
  business centers of Central Asia. Present day
  Tashkent is one of the most attractive Oriental
  cities. The architecture of Tashkent is unique,
  hospitality and friendliness of Tashkent people
  is amazing. Tashkent is bout 2000 years old. It
  has passed the way from the small ancient
  settlement to the one of the biggest Asian
  cities.

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Kukeldash Madrassah - XVIc
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Alisher Navoi Theatre
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Museum Of Applied Art
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SAMARKAND THE TOWN OF BLEU DOMES

• Samarkand -
• the Eden of ancient East,
• the most precious pearl
• in the World.
• Ancient Samarkand was well-known both in the East
  and in the West. In the 4th c. BC Samarkand, then
  called Marakanda, was one of the centers of
  culture and trade in the East. Samarkand equals
  such cradles of human civilizations as
• Athens, Rome, Memphis, Alexandria.

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Registan square (XV c/ XVIIc)
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Bibi Khanym Mosque (XIVc-XVc)

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Sherdor Madrassah (XVIIc)
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Ulugbek Observatory (XVc)
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Imam Al-Bukhoriy complex
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Holy
BUKHARA

• As mentioned in
• the holy Avesta book
• Bukhara is one of the most ancient Uzbek towns
• built on the sacred hill of
• spring time offerings
• put by Zoroastrians.
• The name Bukhara is derived from the Sanskrit
  world vihara Numizhkat,
• Madinat-us-Suphia,
• Madinat-ut-Tudjar, Fakhira.

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Ark fortress (VIIc)
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Samanids Mausoleum ( IX Xc)
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Minaret Kalian (Xc)
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Chor Minor Madrassah (XIXc)
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Mir I - Arab Madrassah ( XVIc)
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KHIVA The land aged uncountable millenniums

• History of Khoresm dates so long back to ancient
  times that only few civilizations can equal its
  age. Many hundreds years before opening the Great
  Silk Road the ancient Khorezm was already
  connected by water and land with Europe and the
  East, Siberia and the civilizations of the South.
  Khiva is placed in the west of Khorezm region.
  The architecture of Khiva amazes by its
  monumentalism, painting, astonishing combinations
  of the colors.

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Islam Khodja minaret, Khiva
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Kalta Minor ( XIX c)
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View of Khiva
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Kharem of Tash Khovli Palace (XIXc)
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Fergana Valley

• This is the great oasis surrounded by Kuranim
  mountain ridge in the North West, Chatkal
  mountain ridge in the North, Fergana mountain
  ridge in the East, and Alai and Turkestan ridges
  in the South.
• In ancient times the exceptional flora of the
  region gave Fergana Valley the name Golden
  Valley.
• First ancient settlements in Fergana Valley
  appeared 5-6 thousand years ago. Its assumed
  that Fergana of the 6th-4th cc. BC was in
  cultural relations with South and South-Western
  civilizations.

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Palace of Khudoyar Khan (XIXc)
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Margilan Silk factory
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Rishtan ceramic workshop
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Fergana Spice market
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TERMEZGolden Kingdom of Baktria

• This is the kingdom of trade routes and brave
  warriors. This is the land famous worldwide for
  its richness in gold and lazurite. Archeological
  discoveries proved that the originof agricultural
  civilization on this territory dates further
  before the 5th c BC.

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Old Termez, Fayaz Tepe.Buddha and monks (2nd-4th
cc.)
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Camel trekking in Kyzyl Kum desert
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Camels
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Aydarkul Lake
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Aydarkul Lake
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National Arts Crafts
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Samarkand bread
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Uzbek smile
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Hospitality from depth of heart
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Folk show in Bukhara
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Uzbek hospitality
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Uzbek Plov
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Local beauties
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Wisdom of the age
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Gijduvan ceramic
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Crafts of pottery
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Welcome to Uzbekistan ! A hospitable sunny
country boasting a rich history and versatile
landscape