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Historical places of Uzbekistan

Historical places of Uzbekistan

• About the history of Uzbekistan

• The ruins of the Ulugbek Observatory

• The birthplace of Amir Temur

Uzbekistan is a nation created by the Soviets in the 20th Century, but the land, the cities, and the people within this country’s borders have a history that stretches back centuries. It’s a history of empire builders, silk road trade, and Central Asian Khanates and Emirs that together tell the narrative of a modern nation. Travelers are rightly drawn to the historic sites that lie along this under-traveled country’s dusty roads.

• Uzbekistan is a nation created by the Soviets in the 20th Century, but the land, the cities, and the people within this country’s borders have a history that stretches back centuries. It’s a history of empire builders, silk road trade, and Central Asian Khanates and Emirs that together tell the narrative of a modern nation. Travelers are rightly drawn to the historic sites that lie along this under-traveled country’s dusty roads.

About the history of Uzbekistan

• Few countries on earth are blessed with the historic, cultural and architectural treasures of Uzbekistan. Home to three of the region’s most exceptional cities in Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, the quantity and quality of the Silk Road era mosques, mausoleums and madrasahs, bazaars, citadels and tombs are not only phenomenal but also astonishing

The birthplace of Amir Temur

• Shahrisabz is a city with a history as ancient as anywhere along the Silk Road, but a city that’s particularly renowned in Uzbekistan for being the birthplace of the country’s national hero, Amir Timur.
• Amir Timur is Central Asia’s most ruthless ruler. History always has two sides, and to those he conquered, Amir Timur was a tyrant, a despot, and a bloodthirsty dictator.

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In today’s Uzbekistan though, Amir Timur is remembered as an Empire Builder, a hero character who laid the foundations of the modern Uzbek nation far back in the 14th Century. His statue stands in city squares across the country and entire museums are dedicated to him. For Uzbekistan, his exploits became a uniting factor after independence from the Soviets and a visit to his birthplace of Shahrisabz is not only an opportunity to see the grand remains of Timur’s summer palace but to experience the beginnings of the vast the empire he built across Central Asia, and the political effects that are still felt today

• In today’s Uzbekistan though, Amir Timur is remembered as an Empire Builder, a hero character who laid the foundations of the modern Uzbek nation far back in the 14th Century. His statue stands in city squares across the country and entire museums are dedicated to him. For Uzbekistan, his exploits became a uniting factor after independence from the Soviets and a visit to his birthplace of Shahrisabz is not only an opportunity to see the grand remains of Timur’s summer palace but to experience the beginnings of the vast the empire he built across Central Asia, and the political effects that are still felt today

Ulugbek observatory ruins.

• Amir Timur’s grandson Ulugh Beg is remembered not for his conquests but for his devotion to science. On the outskirts of Samarkand are the ruins of Ulugh Beg’s observatory, where the scientific equipment was accurate enough to measure the length of a year to modern standards.

Observatory

Ulugbek observatory ruins.

• This little known Timurid legacy was buried in the dust of Samarkand though when Ulugh Beg was deposed, and his scientific achievements wouldn’t be unearthed again until the 20th century. In the end, Ulugh Beg was a man who suffered on the brutal Silk Road for being far ahead of his time.