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The Rabati Malik Caravanserai: Uzbekistan's Silk Road Rest Stop
Before Samarkand's blue domes and Bukhara's madrasas, travellers on the Silk Road needed a place to sleep. This episode follows Lucas and Luna to Rabati Malik, a 12th-century caravanserai in the Kyzylkum Desert. Built by the Karakhanid ruler Shams al-Mulk Nasr ibn Ibrahim, it was once a fortified inn where merchants, pilgrims, and envoys found shelter for their camels, water from a sardoba, and protection from bandits. Lucas describes the architecture — a pishtaq entrance, brick walls, and a now-lost dome — and explains how these structures made long-distance trade possible. He…
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