Uzbekistan – Central Asia Region

City of Samarkand

• 2500 Years Old

What am I doing now?

• Actions to be taken are:
• Educate young people and professionals by training in the college where I teach;
• Bring young professionals from Uzbekistan to Florida, discuss major problems, and come to common point of view in water management issues.
• Facilitate the adoption of US water management methods and irrigation systems in Uzbekistan and educate Uzbek people on why American systems work efficiently. 
• Improving drinking water supply, health and general actions to promote the socio-economic conditions of the population in the area.
• If you are interested in details, please visit the web site UzbekWater.net

History of Uzbekistan

500-300 B.C.	Early History
700-800 A.D.	The Early Islamic Period
900-1200	The Turkification of Mawarannahr
1219-1380	The Mongol Period
1380-1510	The Rule of Timur
1510-1870	The Uzbek Period
1867	Arrival of the Russians
1867-1900	The Russian Conquest
1900	Entering the Twentieth Century
1900-1930	The Jadidists and Basmachis
1929-1953	The Stalinist Period
1953-1982	Russification and Resistance
Sep 1, 1991	Independence