ILLUMINATION OF THE HISTORY OF SAMARKAND IN WRITTEN SOURCES OF THE ANCIENT PERIOD

The ancient history of Samarkand is preserved in the written sources of many ancient historians, in the articles and books of many historians, and in archaeological sources. The oldest of such sources is the work called "Strabo's Geography" written in the 1st century BC, the events and events written in it, the mention of the name of the city of Samarkand dates back to the last quarter of the 4th century BC, to the period of Alexander the Great's march to Central Asia (329-327).