Tag: City walls, Khiva, Silk Road, Torture, travel, Uzbekistan
Khiva A Silk Road Oasis
AbandontheCubeJun 21, 2009Like
Khiva was once renowned for its exotic and plentiful slave trade along the silk route. Slaves were captured in distant lands and marched...
Bukhara is The City Synonymous with Medieval Torture
AbandontheCubeJun 19, 2009Like
It was in front of The Ark that Stoddart and Connolly were executed at the Emir’s request in 1842. It had all started innocently enough...