This page gathers the historic cities, events and structures located within the modern borders of Uzbekistan, and the civilizations that ruled this geography. Locations are matched to the data on the interactive map.
Civilizations that ruled these lands (6)
Historic cities (5)
- Samarkand · 700 BCE
- Bukhara · 500 BCE
- Tashkent · 200 CE
- Urgench (Gurganj) · 600 CE
- Khiva · 1500 CE
Events on this geography (46)
- 1219 CEMongol Invasion of Khwarezmia
- 1219 CEMongol Invasion of Khwarazmia
- 2005 CEAndijan massacre
- 1989 CEFergana massacre
- 329 BCEAlexander the Great in Sogdiana and Steppe Border
- 565 CEGöktürks Dominate the Silk Road
- 1370 CERise of Timurid Empire
- 1370 CETimur's Accession to the Throne at Samarkand
- 1420 CEThe Founding of the Ulugh Beg Observatory
- 1420 CEThe Ulugh Beg Observatory and the Zij-i Sultani
- 1991 CEIndependence of Uzbekistan
- 700 BCESaka Domination of Central Asia
- 519 BCEDarius I vs Saka: Eastern Campaign
- 329 BCESpitamenes Guerrilla Resistance in Sogdiana
- 150 BCEXiongnu and Sogdian Merchants: Silk Road Middlemen
- 570 CESogdian as Lingua Franca in the Türk Court
- 1020 CEAvicenna’s Canon of Medicine
- 1020 CEAl-Biruni Measures the Earth
- 1380 CETimur's Rebuilding of Samarkand
- 1399 CEThe Construction of the Bibi Khanum Mosque (Samarkand)
- 1404 CEThe Gur-i Amir Mausoleum (Tomb of Timur)
- 1420 CEUlugh Beg’s Samarkand Observatory
- 1437 CEZij-i Sultani of Ulugh Beg
- 1449 CEThe Murder of Ulugh Beg
- 2009 CENowruz Inscribed by UNESCO
- 200 BCEKangju Confederation Emergence
- 100 BCEKangju and Xiongnu: Northern Silk Road Control
- 50 CEHan China Consolidates the Silk Road Trade Network
- 50 CEKangju-Kushan Diplomatic Relations
- 300 CESogdian Merchants' Dominance of the Silk Road
- 400 CESogdian Merchants: The True Operators of the Silk Road
- 705 CEQutayba ibn Muslim's Conquest of Transoxiana
- 860 CEAl-Farghani
- 940 CESatuq Bughra Khan's Conversion to Islam
- 999 CEThe Kara-Khanid Conquest of Bukhara and the Post-Samanid Turkic Age
- 999 CEThe Kara-Khanid Overthrow of the Samanids
- 1006 CEThe Rivalry Between Sultan Mahmud and the Kara-Khanids over Transoxiana
- 1141 CEBattle of Qatwan
- 1141 CEThe Battle of Qatwan: The Qara Khitai Defeat the Seljuks
- 1219 CEGenghis Khan Launches His Campaign Against the Khwarazmshahs
- 1370 CETimur's Seizure of Power in Central Asia
- 1417 CEThe Ulugh Beg Madrasa (Registan, Samarkand)
- 1916 CEBasmachi Movement
- 1917 CETurkestan Autonomy
- 1966 CETashkent Earthquake & Rebuilding
- 2016 CEUzbekistan Reform Era
Architectural sites (10)
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- Which civilizations lived on the lands of Uzbekistan?
- Achaemenid Empire, Chagatai Khanate, Kara-Khanid Khanate, Khwarazmian Empire, Shaybanid Khanate, Timurid Empire.
- What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of Uzbekistan?
- Samarkand (700 BCE), Bukhara (500 BCE), Tashkent (200 CE), Urgench (Gurganj) (600 CE), Khiva (1500 CE).
- How many historic cities are within the modern borders of Uzbekistan?
- 5 historic cities are recorded within the borders of Uzbekistan.