Panoramic view from behind of the Sher-Dor Madrasah, 1619-36, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 16, 2010, at sunrise. To the right is the Chorsu, dome-arched construction, 15th-18th century, the old shopping centre of the city. 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.
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