Samarkand"Samarkand (/ˈsæmərkænd/; Uzbek: Samarqand; Persian: سمرقند‎; Russian: Самарканд), alternatively Samarqand, is a city in south-eastern Uzbekistan and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. There is evidence of human activity in the area of the city from the late Paleolithic era, though there is no direct evidence of when Samarkand was founded; some theories propose that it was founded between the 8th and 7th centuries B.C. Prospering from its location on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean, at times Samarkand was one of the greatest cities of Central Asia." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.02.2020) Uzbekistan Afrasiyab Registan Gur-Emir-Mausoleum