Going back some time in the past If you could go back to some time and place in the past, when and where would you go? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice. From the very childhood I like the idea of time travelling. I was fascinated about going to the past when I watched “Back to the future” movie. If I was given a chance to go back in time, I’d go to 10th century, to Central Asia. The first reason is that I want to look at rising of “Samanids” dynasty. It’s basically the beginning of Tajik history. As a citizen of Tajikistan, I love to see with my own eyes the time when we, Tajiks, were one of the great civilizations in the world. As an example, the 10th century was time when science and literature had improved and developed like never before. Samanids was a powerful state covering modern territories of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Secondly, 10th century was time when great poets like Rudaki, who is the founder of Tajik modern literature, created their work. Rudaki is also my favorite poet because I can easily understand his poems and what he is saying with it. My favorite Rudaki’s poem is ‘Bui jui Muliyan’, which is about a small river in Bukhara (modern Uzbekistan). Rudaki devoted his poem to Emir (imperior) of Bukhara. Rudaki conveys in this poem how pleasing and relaxing place in Muliyan and that Emir should come back to Bukhara, to his motherland. Finally, I want to see how Emir controlled his government. It’s not so hard to take control of small area and rule as a king. But when it comes to enormous country like Samanids, it demands a good quality and feature of a person. In 10th century the king was Emir Alimkhan. He’s an incredible man and I really want to talk to him about controlling Samanids. Because of the aforementioned reasons, I want to visit Central Asia in 10th century.