Tucked along the ancient Silk Road, Samarkand isn’t just a city — it’s a living museum, a jewel of Central Asia that has seen Alexander the Great ride through its dust and Timur the Lame build empires from its soil. For over 2,500 years, Samarkand has been a crossroads of cultures, ideas, and ambition. Persian poets, Chinese merchants, Arab scholars, and Mongol warriors — they all left footprints in its blue-tiled mosques and star-lit bazaars.