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Ulugh Beg builds his observatory at Samarkand

1420 CE · Uzbekistan, Asia · Science

Ulugh Beg builds his observatory at Samarkand
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Samarkand is a major city located in southeastern Uzbekistan and is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. With a population of 882,000 inhabitants in 2026, it is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan after Tashkent.

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