Dehistan
Dehistan was one of large economic, trade-industrial and cultural centres of the south western Turkmenistan. The city existed in the 9-14th centuries. Its total area was about 200ha, the city was surrounded by a double ring of defensive walls. Three caravansaries were discovered on its territory. Pottery and brick-burning kilns, khanaka, country mosque, bazaar square, typical for the East medieval cities were marked around the city wall. Monumental buildings including mosques, minarets, madrasahs and a number of cultural buildings were concentrated there. The Dehistan architectural monuments – two minarets remains of the portal of the mosque with fret brick ornament produce the most impression. The city being on the border of settled oasis and nomad steppes was one of the important points of the intensive trade. One of the international caravan routes connecting Khorezm with the Arabian countries crossed Dehistan.
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