This is the template every game starts from. What has been built in a running game, and who holds the land now, is on the province's page inside that game.
Tax
5
Growth
4–10
Land fields
151
Starting population
306,000
Places
2
Historical background
Marakanda is the Greek name of Samarkand, capital of Sogdiana. Alexander the Great took the city in 329 BC; there he killed his companion Cleitus in a quarrel. Sogdian merchants from Marakanda became the leading traders of the Silk Road between China and the West.
