Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the Timurid period from the 14th to the 15th centuries. The major monuments include the Registan ...

Uzbekistan opened itself to the world through ... including the famed Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand, which was once the largest in the Islamic world. Though many of them were destroyed, they ...