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Area : 172741  sq.mi - Population 27780059 hab.
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 Historical dates

-700. Founding of what later became Samarqand.
4th century BC. Conquest of Central Asia by Alexander the Great.
From 5th to 10th century. Arab then Turk influences in the country. The great trade routes already ran across Uzbekistan. (Silk road in the south)
13th century. The Mongols invaded all Uzbek territories and sacked Samarqand and many other cities.
Early 18th century. The Russians started coveting the territory.
From 1865. The Russians progressively settled.
1924. The country became the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the USSR.
1991. Independence of Uzbekistan. Islam Karimov, the old leader of the Uzbek Communist party, won the election.
1995. Karimov was re-elected. He was the only real candidate as the opposition groups were not really given freedom of speech.
1999. Attempt of a putsch by the Islamist groups. They settled on the country's borders.
11th September 2001. Uzbekistan put their territory at the disposal of the American army so as to help them carry out operations in Afghanistan.
Present day. Shavkat MIRZIYAYEV has been Prime Minister since 2003. Karimov still is head of State.