Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic center for scholarly study.
Tashkent Kuchasi, Samarkand's shopping street and market. Vendors sell everything from passports, sausages, bread, tea, spices, embroidery apricots, plums, rock sugar, and nuts. A horseman makes
his rounds collecting tax from the vendors.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
his rounds collecting tax from the vendors.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Tashkent Kuchasi, Samarkand's shopping street and market. Vendors sell everything from passports, sausages, bread, tea, spices, embroidery apricots, plums, rock sugar, and nuts. A horseman makes
his rounds collecting tax from the vendors.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
his rounds collecting tax from the vendors.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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