Verstehen · Kapitel 8
Silk Road & History
Uzbekistan lies at the heart of the Silk Road — that legendary trade route that connected East and West for millennia. The history of the country reads like an epic: Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Timur, and the Soviet Union have all left their marks.
4 Abschnitte in diesem Kapitel
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The Silk Road
The Silk Road was not a single path, but a network of trade routes that stretched over 6,000 km from China to the Medit…
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From Alexander to Genghis Khan
Ancient High Cultures The region of present-day Uzbekistan — historically Transoxiana (Persian: Mawarannahr, "beyond th…
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Timur & the Timurid Dynasty
Amir Timur (Tamerlane) — 1336–1405 Timur (known in the West as "Tamerlane," from "Timur-i lang" = Timur the Lame) is th…
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Khanates, Russia & Soviet Era
The Three Khanates (16th–19th Century) After the end of the Timurids, the region fragmented into three rival Khanates :…
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