Samarkanids situateidn t he valleyo f the riverZ arafshan.
It ist he secondl argesct ityo f Uzbekistaann di s of the same
age ast he cityo f Babylono r Rome.T he historyo f Samarkand
is about2,50y0e arso ld and has witnessead l ot of upheavals
duringt het imeso f Alexandetrh e Greatt, he ArabicC onquest,
Genghis-KhCano nquesatn dl astlyT amerlane`Hs.e ncet,h e
cultureo f Samarkanwd as developeadn d mixedt ogethewr ith
thel ranianI,n dianM, ongoliaann da bit oft he Westeran nd
Eastercn ulture