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Samarkand

Detail of head and shoulders of statue of Amir Timur, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 19, 2010, at dawn. Amir Timur (1336-1405) ruler and warrior founded the Timurid dynasty. He is also known as Tamerlane, or Tamberlaine. 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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Detail of head and shoulders of statue of Amir Timur, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 19, 2010, at dawn. Amir Timur (1336-1405) ruler and warrior founded the Timurid dynasty. He is also known as Tamerlane, or Tamberlaine. 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.