In the Central Asian region — multicultural territory par excellence — few places generate as much tourist and historical attraction as the city of Samarkand. Founded in a contemporary period to the great cities of the ancient world such as Babylon, Rome and Athens, Samarkand has been the scene of great events of universal history as its conquest by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, its erection as capital of the Timurid Empire in 1369 and, more re…
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In the Central Asian region — multicultural territory par excellence — few places generate as much tourist and historical attraction as the city of Samarkand. Founded in a contemporary period to the great cities of the ancient world such as Babylon, Rome and Athens, Samarkand has been the scene of great events of universal history as its conquest by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, its erection as capital of the Timurid Empire in 1369 and, more re…