What city on the Silk Road means "Sandy place" in Persian?
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Registan The Registan was the heart of the ancient city of Samarkand of the Timurid dynasty, now in Uzbekistan. The name "Rēgistan" (ریگستان ) means "Sandy place" or "desert" in Persian.
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Samarkand Samarkand (Uzbek: "Samarqand" ; Persian: سمرقند‎ ‎ ; Cyrillic/Russian: "Самарканд" ), alternatively Samarqand or Samarcand, is a city in modern-day Uzbekistan and is one of the oldest inhabited cities in Central Asia. There is evidence of human activity in the area of the city from the late Paleolithic era, though there is no direct evidence of when exactly Samarkand was founded; some theories indicate that it was founded between the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Prospering from its location on the Silk Road between China and the Mediterranean, at times Samarkand was one of the greatest cities of Central Asia.
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Iranian architecture Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (Persian:مهرازى ایرانی) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BCE with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey and Iraq to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and from the Caucasus to Zanzibar. Persian buildings vary from peasant huts to tea houses and garden, pavilions to "some of the most majestic structures the world has ever seen". In addition to historic gates, palaces, and mosques, the rapid growth of cities such as the capital, Tehran (Architecture of Tehran) has brought about a wave of demolition and new construction.
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Sandykgaçy Sandykgaçy is a town in Mary, Turkmenistan.
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Panj Panj (Tajik: Панҷ ) is a city in southern Tajikistan which is situated on the Afghan border, some 252 km south of the capital Dushanbe. It is located along the banks of the Panj River, from which it derives its name.
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Kharan Desert The Kharan Desert (Urdu: صحرائے خاران‎ ) is a sandy and mountainous desert situated in Balochistan province in south-western Pakistan.
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Saray-Jük Saray-Jük (Сарай-Жүк) / Sarai-Dzhuk (Сарай-Джук) or Kishi Saray (Кіші Сарай) in the Kazakh language, Saraychyq (Сарайчык) in modern Tatar, and Saray Maly (Russian: Сара́й Ма́лый ) literally "Little Sarai", to distinguish it from Old Sarai, was a medieval city on the border between Europe and Asia. It was located 50 km north Atyrau on the lower Ural River, near the modern village of Sarayshyq, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan. The city lay on an important trade route between Europe and China and flourished between the 10th and 16th centuries.
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Shiraz Shiraz ( ; Persian: ‎ ‎ , "Šīrāz", ] , ) is the sixth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province (Old Persian as Pârsâ). At the 2011 census, the population of the city was 1,700,665 and its built-up area with "Shahr-e Jadid-e Sadra" (Sadra New Town) was home to 1,500,644 inhabitants. Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the "Roodkhaneye Khoshk" (The Dry River) seasonal river. It has a moderate climate and has been a regional trade center for over a thousand years. Shiraz is one of the oldest cities of ancient Persia.
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Sadd Sadd (Persian: سد‎ ‎ , meaning "dam", "wall", or "rampart") may refer to:
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Yazd Yazd (Persian: یزد‎ ‎ ,    ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located 270 km southeast of Esfahan. At the 2011 census, the population was 486,152. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Gerrha Gerrha (Arabic جرهاء) was an ancient city of Eastern Arabia, on the west side of the Persian Gulf.
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Safwa City Safwa (Arabic: صفوى‎ ‎ , "ٍSafwa ") is a city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia situated on the Persian Gulf coast. It does not belong to the Qatif area. Safwa has a population of about 100,000 people.
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Larak Island Larak Island (also Lark Island) is an island off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf, which has been one of Iran's major oil export points since 1987.The narrowest part of the Strait of Hormuz at distance of 24 mi lies between the island and the Omani-owned Quoin Island.
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Persian, Indonesia Persian is a populated place in Central Java on the island of Java, Indonesia.
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Senderk Sirik (Persian: سندرك‎ ‎ , also Romanized as Sandarak, Sanderk, Sendaraic, and Sendarak; also known as Senderg and Sindrik) is a city in and the capital of Senderk District, in Minab County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,284, in 277 families.
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Gisha Gisha (Persian language: گیشا, also called Kuy-e Nasr کوی نصر), originally KEYSHA (from the names of its two founders, Keynejad and Shapouri) is a neighbourhood in Tehran, Iran. The neighborhood was known as a center for youth recreation, shopping, and dating. Gisha is home to the marketplace, Bazzar e Nasr (بازار نصر).
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Tangeh Savashi Tangeh Savashi (Persian: تنگ ساواشی) or Tangeh Vashi (Persian: تنگ واشی) is a gorge and mountain pass in the Alborz range of Iran (Persia). It is a popular tourist attraction in Tehran Province.
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Old Kandahar Old Kandahar (locally known as Zorr Shaar; Pashto: زوړ ښار‎ , meaning "Old City") is a historical section of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. It is thought its foundation was laid out by Alexander the Great in 330 BC under the name Alexandria Arachosia. and served as the local seat of power for many rulers in the last 2,000 years. It became part of many empires, including the Mauryans (322 BC–185 BC), Indo-Scythians (200 BC–400 AD), Sassanids, Arabs, Zunbils, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Timurids, Mughals, Safavids, Hotakis and others. It was one of the main cities of Arachosia, a historical region sitting between Greater Iran and the Indus Valley Civilization. The city has been a frequent target for conquest because of its strategic location in Southern Asia, controlling the main trade route linking the Indian subcontinent with the Middle East, Central Asia and the Persian Gulf.
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Kashgar Kashgar is an oasis city in Xinjiang and is geographically one of the westernmost cities of China, located near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. With a population of over 500,000, Kashgar has a rich history of over 2,000 years and served as a trading post and strategically important city on the Silk Road between China, the Middle East, and Europe.
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Shamshiri Shamshiri (Persian: شم شيري‎ ‎ ) may refer to:
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Dandan Oilik Dandan Oilik (), also Dandān-Uiliq, "lit." "the houses with ivory", is an abandoned historic oasis town and Buddhist site in the Taklamakan Desert of China, located to the northeast of Khotan in what is now the autonomous region of Xinjiang, between the Khotan and Keriya rivers. The central site covers an area of 4.5 km; the greater oasis extends over an area of 22 km. The site flourished from the sixth century as a site along the southern branch of the Silk Road
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Vilashahr, Isfahan Vilashahr or Vīlā Shahr (Persian: ويلاشهر) is a small town in Iran, located in the rural area of Isfahan (city) and in 5 Kilometre distance of Najafabad.