A Silky Finish ; Mark Clements Took a Trip Along the Route of the Silk Road, Taking in Some of the Fantastic Cities Which Are Packed with Amazing Architecture, Bazaars and History...

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UZBEKISTAN may seem like a strange out-of-the-way place to spend a holiday, a landlocked ex-Soviet republic in the heart of Central Asia, but it was once at the heart of the Silk Road - the ancient trading route between east and west.

Its cities were centres of commerce, culture and learning and saw the comings and goings of great conquerors like Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and it was even the home to one of the mightiest of these warlords - Tamerlane.

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A Silky Finish ; Mark Clements Took a Trip Along the Route of the Silk Road, Taking in Some of the Fantastic Cities Which Are Packed with Amazing Architecture, Bazaars and History...

It was Tamerlane's rule at the end of the 14th century that saw the birth of the architectural style known as Timurid. Glazed majolica tiles and mosaics, of azure and turquoise, which decorate the domes and facades of the many mosques, ma...

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