Uzbekistan

the history of a unknown country ‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬

Index

01 Introduction and relation

04
with ‘Loose Change’
Culture

02 About the country

03 Uzbekistan history
05 Conclusion
Loose Change
Laylor and her brother ran away from
Uzbekistan after their parents got
arrested
Uzbekistan

second largest cotton exporter in the

world
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The country was part of the ‘Great Silk Road’ (The Great Silk Road is a system of caravan routes
crossing in ancient and middle age time Eurasian continent from Mediterranean Sea to China)

A lot of tribes lived in Uzbekistan. The country was also ruled

by the Iranian Achaemenid Empire, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom,
by the Iranian Parthian Empire and later by the Sasanian Empire,
until the Muslim conquest of Persia in the XVII century

During Amir Temur’s government, in the XIV century, Samarkand

became the capital of the country.
During the USSR government
Before the USSR even exist, Uzbekistan suffered an invasion of the Russian Empire in the
60s of the XIX century.
Introduction
In 1924, Uzbekistan became part of the Soviet Republic, during the USSR government the Aral
Sea was used to irrigate water to the cotton fields. Due to the Heavy use of pesticides and
fertilisers for cotton growing, all the fauna and flora was killed and now the Aral Sea has
shrunk to about 10% of its former area.

In August 1991, Uzbekistan gained its independence.

Culture

Art
Dances
Literature
Folk Crafts
Music
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and Literature
Abstract paintings
Literature in Uzbekistan originates from
Cave paintings
oral traditions and folklore legends, epics
Art of miniatures
and fairy tales.
Music and dances
Folk Crafts
Blacksmiths, potters, weavers, carvers, and many others
create works of art from silk, clay, wood, and metal.

The most famous masters of Uzbekistan are the ceramists of

Gijduvan and Rishtan, the blacksmiths of Bukhara and Chust,
the weavers of Margilan, and the winemakers of Samarkand.
 Conclusion

We had the opportunity to learn more about Uzbekistan, its culture,

history and way they live there!