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50 min
Published 2000
Lying in Central Asia and watered by the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, Uzbekistan has had a long and glittering history, particularly during the days of the Silk Road, when such cities as Samarkand, Khiva and Bokhara were staging posts on the trade routes. Their warehouses were crammed with silks, carpets, gold, and silver; and their palaces and libraries were famous. Internationally inclined by history (today, the population of Uzbekistan is the most representative of the cultural diversity
