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Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Shirdar madrasah Samarkand, Uzbekistan The mausoleum of Timur in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, features a large blue-tiled dome and ornate entrance with geometric patterns, with a tree partially shading the foreground. Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Shāh-e Zendah Gur-e Amir mausoleum of al-Bukhārī
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. May 02, 2026
Add new Web site: CNN Travel - In a remote corner of Asia, one of the world’s oldest cities continues to awe visitors. Apr 16, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - A city and its landscape across time: Samarkand in the ancient Sogdiana (Uzbekistan) (PDF). Jan 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Eye on Asia - Samarkand - A city profile. Mar 07, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Washington - Silk Road Seattle - Samarkand. Aug 29, 2023
Map added. Jun 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Muslim Heritage - Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Jan 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Samarqand history and archeology. Nov 23, 2022
Population data updated. Aug 30, 2022
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Samarkand. Apr 01, 2022
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Samarkand: An Ancient Link Between East and West. Nov 07, 2019
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2019
Add new Web site: NASA Earth Observatory - Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Dec 16, 2016
Date that the railway arrived in Samarkand changed from 1896 to 1888. Jun 02, 2014
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Samarkand City Map, Uzbekistan. May 04, 2014
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Feb 24, 2013
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Feb 24, 2013
Replaced a photograph of the Shirdar madrasah in Samarkand. May 19, 2010
Population data updated. Jan 20, 2009
Added new Web site: Travel China Guide.com - Anhui, China. Aug 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Anhui, China. Aug 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Baku, Azerbaijan. Aug 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Aden, Yemen. Aug 19, 2008
Added new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Anhui, China. Aug 19, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Samarkand. Jul 08, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 17, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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