And the Shah's people were forced to beg the Mongols for mercy, which they did not recevive.
Today, there is barely anything left of the once-powerful city of Samarkand.The city was once famed for its copper and dilver arrisans An advanCed aqueduct system once brought water to the city, making gardens bloom in the dry land. Today, there is only grass and some occasional bricks. A modern-day Samarkand has grown in its place, but of the original city's great workshops and palaces, nothing remains