1.0Medievalists.nethttps://www.medievalists.netSandra Alvarezhttps://www.medievalists.net/author/sandra-alvarez/Imagining Samarkand: Fruitful Themes in 13th-16th Century Literature on a Silk Road City - Medievalists.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sAjzGsH0Wo"><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/imagining-samarkand-fruitful-themes-in-13th-16th-century-literature-on-a-silk-road-city/">Imagining Samarkand: Fruitful Themes in 13th-16th Century Literature on a Silk Road City</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/imagining-samarkand-fruitful-themes-in-13th-16th-century-literature-on-a-silk-road-city/embed/#?secret=sAjzGsH0Wo" width="600" height="338" title="“Imagining Samarkand: Fruitful Themes in 13th-16th Century Literature on a Silk Road City” — Medievalists.net" data-secret="sAjzGsH0Wo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/images1.jpeg194259... Samarkand was seen as the last great urban Islamic stop.4 Perhaps because of this, the period between the Arab invasion of Samarkand and the Mongol invasion in 1220 fomented many of the mythologies about the city which will feature prominently in this paper.