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sämiz känd meaning "Fat city (balda samina)" is called thus because of its great size; it is, in Persian, Samarqand.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)Anton travels to Samarkand on a crusade to find the legendary Chalk of Fate from the tomb of the great warrior Tamerlane, with which one is reputed to be able to rewrite their own past
The societal structures in Samarkand differ dramatically from Moscow's. Anton's relationship with the local Watches showcases the common struggles they all face
the 14th-century nomadic warrior Tamerlane invades a fortress in Samarkand in search of the "chalk of fate," which he successfully swipes from a gold-dusted, Buddha-shaped man named Zoar, who is alive and well and running a noodle shop in Moscow six centuries later
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)Here we also get a trip to Scotland to find a real vampire lurking in the Edinburgh Dungeon tourist attraction, offering a foreign view of the familiar, but the middle segment, set in Samarkand, is more striking
Anton not only has to deal with the Watches of Samarkand – which are far less efficient and well-staffed as others in Europe – but there's still someone out to kill him
The opening scenes whisk us back to fourteenth-century Samarkand, where Mongol warlord Tamerlane acquires the 'Chalk of Destiny'
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link){{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)The opening scenes whisk us back to fourteenth-century Samarkand, where Mongol warlord Tamerlane acquires the 'Chalk of Destiny'
Here we also get a trip to Scotland to find a real vampire lurking in the Edinburgh Dungeon tourist attraction, offering a foreign view of the familiar, but the middle segment, set in Samarkand, is more striking