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PMR-D5303 Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the Ulugh Beg Observatory: these curved rails are all that remains of the giant sextant, three stories high, built by Ulugh Beg around 1437. With its aid he was able to calculate the exact length of a year, to within one minute. Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, inventor, genius, knowledge

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Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the Ulugh Beg Observatory: these curved rails are

all that remains of the giant sextant, three stories high, built by Ulugh Beg around 1437. With its aid he was able to calculate the exact length of a year, to within one minute.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, inventor, genius, knowledge