Uzbeks
Samarkand's native population
Uzbeks are a Turkic people native to Central Asia, primarily Uzbekistan, where they form the majority population.
Significant Uzbek communities also live in neighboring Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
The term refers both to the ethnic group and to citizens of Uzbekistan: The Uzbeks have a long tradition of silk weaving.
Uzbekistan's capital city
Traveler's courtyard lodge
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- bazaarsBusy outdoor trading areas
- caravansGroups traveling together
- tradeExchange of commodities
spices · silk · routes · commerce · textiles · crossroads · travelers · exchange
Generous treatment of guests
Central Asian language family
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- identityWho someone is
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
community · generations · traditions · roots · forebears · Chagatai · Tamerlane · kinship
Adherent of Islam
- SunniIslam's largest branch adherent
- IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
- SufiMuslim spiritual seeker
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
madrassah · minaret · mausoleum · pilgrimage · Zoroastrian · shrine · prayer · faith
Ruler's territorial domain
- emirateIslamic monarch's domain
- SovietOf the USSR
- independenceFreedom from external control
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
nomadic · sedentary · conquest · empire · archaeology · ancient · medieval · colonization
Tashkent
Uzbekistan's capital city
caravanserai
Traveler's courtyard lodge
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- bazaarsBusy outdoor trading areas
- caravansGroups traveling together
trade · spices · silk · routes · commerce · textiles · crossroads · travelers · exchange · porcelain
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
- ikatResist-dye textile patterning
- atlasBound collection of charts
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
ceramics · woodcarving · embroidery · calligraphy · wedding
Turkic
Central Asian language family
diaspora · community · generations · traditions · roots · forebears · Chagatai · Tamerlane · kinship · clans
Muslim
Adherent of Islam
mosque · madrassah · minaret · mausoleum · pilgrimage · Zoroastrian · shrine · prayer · faith
khanate
Ruler's territorial domain
- emirateIslamic monarch's domain
- SovietOf the USSR
- independenceFreedom from external control
collectivization · nomadic · sedentary · conquest · empire · archaeology · ancient · medieval · colonization · modernization