This book offers al lot of beautiful constructions (Mosques, Mausoleums, Madrasahs and Minarets) in the region between the Caspian See an the Chinees Frontier. Although the cultures of the different peoples of Central Asia have long been marked by Hellenism, it is the Islamic religion above al that inspired the Uzbek architects of Tachkent or the blue City of Samarkand, pearl of the Silk Road.
Chinese, Persian, Scythian and Mongolian influences have marked the works of Tadjik sculptors.
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