Individual #Samarkand__Samarcand  city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century
  instance of:  #city
  part of:  #Uzbekistan__Republic_of_Uzbekistan__Uzbek  a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian Soviet
     part of:  #Asia  the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
        part of:  #Eurasia  the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
           part of:  #eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient  the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
           part of:  #northern_hemisphere  the hemisphere north of the equator

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