Samarkand History of the Samarkand

Questions

1. 
   What is the city of Samarkand famous for?
   
2. 
   Who built the city of Samarkand?
   
3. 
   What language is spoken in Samarkand?
   
4. 
   How old is Samarkand?
   
5. 
   What is a must-do in Samarkand?
   
6. 
   Who took Samarkand?
   
7. 
   What mountains are there in Samarkand?
   
8. 
   Who created the city of Samarkand?
   
9. 
   When was Registan Square built?
   
10. 
    Who built Registan Square?
    

Answer to the questions

1. 
   With its blue-domed madrasahs, caravanserais decorated with facing tiles, magnificent mosques and complexes, Samarkand resembles an open-air museum.
   
2. 
   Samarkand built by Iskander . The peoples of the Moghuls and Turks say "Simizkend".
   
3. 
   Most residents of Samarkand speak the state language of Uzbekistan - Uzbek. Many people in Samarkand speak Russian , which is the lingua franca, as well as Tajik.
   
4. 
   As a result of research by Uzbek scientists, carried out jointly with French archaeologists at the site of Afrasiab, it was proved that the history of Samarkand has more than 2750 years .
   
5. 
   Registan Square, Mausoleum Gur-Emir, Jewish mahalla, Siab Bazaar, Khazret-Khyzr Mosque
   
6. 
   Please indicate it. The siege of Samarkand took place for seven months from November 1496 to May 1497, during the internecine war between the Timurids. The troops of Babur and Sultan Ali Mirza successfully besieged and captured the city of Samarkand, which belonged to Baysunkar Mirza.
   
7. 
   Agalyk (Uzb. Ohalik tog'lari) is a mountain range in Uzbekistan, is the western spur of the Zeravshan Range, located in the Samarkand region, 15 km southwest of Samarkand, in the valley of the Agalyksay River.
   
8. 
   With new archaeological finds, scientists managed to prove that Samarkand was founded much earlier than the Greco-Macedonian conquest, and already in the era of the Achaeminiids (VI-IV centuries BC) was a developed city.
   
9. 
   Behind Sher-Dor Madrasah stands Chorsu Trading Dome, evidence that Registan was the center of trade in medieval Samarkand. This hexagonal domed structure was built in the 15th century and rebuilt in the early 18th century.
   
10. 
    The famous Registan Square Uzbekistan, is the main square in Samarkand was the heart of the Timurid dynasty built by the Turkic- Mongolian leader, Timur (Tamerlane).
    

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