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Samarkand has long been a place of legends. Flattened by Genghis Khan in 1220 and resurrected as Tamerlane's capital and the jewel of the Silk Road, its turquoise tile domes and minarets possess a mythical status sur-passed only perhaps by Shangri-la. Together with its Uzbek sister Bukhara, it was a key stop for the caravans that plied the network of routes stretching from the markets of Istanbul to the silk weavers of China. Traders, diplomats, pilgrims and missionaries thronged the cities' bazaars as East met West in a blossoming of commerce and learning. But with the discovery...
...city's architectural wonders include the giant ramparts of the fortress known as the Ark, the banded patterns of the dizzying 47-m high Kalan minaret and the delicate brickwork of the Ismail Samani Mausoleum. They were among the few structures to survive Genghis Khan's passing. From the minaret, the Mongol chieftain ordered the destruction of everything around him, declaring: "I am God's punishment for your sins." The crumbling Ark (entry 60) has an equally dark history. From the square in front, 19th century ruler Nasrullah Khan oversaw the executions of thousands. Behind is the Zindon jail, where...
Last Tuesday, Israeli bulldozers demolished 30 homes in the Khan Yunis refugee camp. The reason given by the Israeli government was that snipers were firing from these homes. Fifty families, approximately 500 people (according to the Palestine Center for Human Rights) are now homeless, and 27 were wounded, one killed, in the indiscriminate shelling that accompanied the demolitions...
...13th century, Mongolia was the center of the uncivilized world. United by Genghis Khan in 1206 with the aim of conquering all known lands, the delinquent barbarians of the Eastern Steppes pulverized living standards from the Pacific to the Mediterranean in two generations. Today, something of the legacy of Genghis endures. Frigid winters and parched summers have reduced the once proud nomads to medieval poverty, fighting for the survival of their traditional way of life. And although full-time herding may be dying out, riding the stocky ponies that were the panzers of Genghis' galloping blitzkrieg is still the best...
Mixing a maze with modern technology, this San Francisco installation sensation simulates Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous hallucinatory dream, the one that brought the world Kubla Khan. Donning a Plexiglas helmet and carrying an MP3 digital music player, visitors stumble along in deliberate disorientation beside Alph, the sacred river that leads to a stately pleasure dome. Creator Chris Hardman's sellout show is the hippest legal high on the West Coast...