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The Samanid Empire: Uzbekistan's Persian Golden Age
Before the Mongols, before Tamerlane, there was the Samanid Empire — a Persian dynasty that ruled from Bukhara and turned Central Asia into a cultural and economic powerhouse. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the Samanids revived Persian language and literature after the Arab conquest, patronized scholars like Rudaki and Ibn Sina, and built a trade network that stretched from Baghdad to China. They discuss Ismail Samani's unification of Transoxiana and Khorasan, the silver dirhams that became the de facto currency of the Silk Road, and the downfall at the hands of the…
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