Low angle view of main hall, Ulugh Beg Madradsah, 1417-20, Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 15, 2010, in the morning. Pale blue columns adorn the simple white hall. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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