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The 21 pages that link to Samarkand, each with the reason it gives.

• Silk RoadRelated: The archetypal intermediary city that grew rich on caravan traffic without producing the goods.

• Timurid EmpireBroader topic: Timur made the city his political seat and embellished it with monumental architecture.

• TimurRelated: Timur transformed the city into a political center and showcase for his empire.

• BaburRelated: Babur repeatedly sought to capture this ancestral Timurid capital.

• UzbekistanBroader topic: Its architecture and history make it one of the country's best-known cultural destinations.

• TransoxianaBroader topic: Its position on the Silk Roads made it one of Transoxiana’s most influential cities.

• MaturidismBroader topic: Al-Maturidi taught and wrote in the city where the school originated.

• Timurid RenaissanceBroader topic: Timur and Ulugh Beg made Samarkand a center of monumental building and astronomy.

• Ulugh BegRelated: Ulugh Beg made the city the center of his court and astronomical work.

• SogdiaBroader topic: It was one of Sogdia’s leading urban and commercial centers.

• Sogdian merchantsBroader topic: The home city whose merchants anchored the western end of Sogdian trade.

• Qutayba ibn MuslimBroader topic: Qutayba’s capture made Samarkand a key city in the new imperial frontier.

• TashkentCompared with: Unlike Tashkent’s modern capital role, Samarkand is especially associated with medieval imperial heritage.

• Timurid dynastyRelated: It served as Timur’s capital and a lasting dynastic center.

• Kara-Khanid KhanateBroader topic: The western branch made Samarkand a key seat of power.

• Khanate of BukharaRelated: Its political and commercial importance made it a key prize for Bukhara's rulers.

• Shavkat MirziyoyevRelated: Mirziyoyev was born in the Samarkand region and later governed it.

• Ferghana ValleyRelated: The great neighboring hub on the route west out of the valley.

• Muslim conquest of TransoxianaBroader topic: Qutayba's capture made this powerful city a focal point of Arab rule.

• Vasily BartoldBroader topic: Its history and regional importance formed part of Bartold’s broader Central Asian research.

• Mazar-i-SharifCompared with: Samarkand offers a nearby Central Asian comparison for the shrine’s monumental style.