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(I) What is now Uzbekistan was once part of the ancient
Persian Empire, and was later conquered by Alexander
the Great in the 4th century BC. (II) By the 8th century
AD, nomadic Turkish tribes adopted the area as their
homeland. (III) The Mongols under Ghengis Khan took
over the region from the Seljuk Turks in the 13th
century, and it later became part of Tamerlane the
Great’s empire and that of his successors until the 16th
century. (IV) The Uzbeks conquered the territory in the
early 16th century and merged with the other
inhabitants in the area. (V) Under Soviet rule,
Uzbekistan concentrated on growing cotton with the
help of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.