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How it came to be
Kunya-Urgench, on the left bank of the Amu Darya in north-western Turkmenistan, is what remains of Urgench, capital of the Khorezm region, which was once part of the Achaemenid Empire.
Its monuments date mainly from the 11th to the 16th century: a mosque, the gate of a caravanserai, fortresses, mausoleums and a 60-metre minaret. The Kutlug Timur Minaret, 12 metres across at the base and 2 metres at the top, was built under the Khwarazmian dynasty and restored by Kutlug-Timur around 1330.
The architecture and craftsmanship of Urgench influenced Iran and Afghanistan and later the 16th-century architecture of the Mughal Empire in India. It was inscribed in 2005.
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