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Old September 25, 2007, 2:01 AM   #1
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Samarkand city from Uzbekistan. a lot like FFX's Zanarkand eh? well I just stumbled upon this on wikipedia. and there isn't any discussion about this found in the internet, if there's any. so let's see what are your thoughts about this. could Zanarkand really be inspired from this? though Uzbekistan is from Central Asia. there's a thread here that said Spira is Asian-inspired and particularly more on South-East, but not really sure if it is.
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Old September 25, 2007, 12:12 PM   #2
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Well...You can't really miss the similarities in name and architecture. I'm sure the world of Spira took inspiration from a lot of cultures, be it central or south-eastern asia.

Really does look a lot like it though.
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Old September 25, 2007, 12:18 PM   #3
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Well done Tetra Master you sussed them out.
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Old September 25, 2007, 9:50 PM   #4
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I see alittle similarities but... it doesnt look like it used machina lol.... and i dont know... doesnt look to simialar to me but then again i could be dumb lol
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Old September 28, 2007, 11:38 PM   #5
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I can see some similarities I suppose. The names sound very alike anyway lol and the picture posted looks awesome. Perhaps that's what influenced them to make Zanarkand? Maybe it is just a crazy coincidence!

Nice find!
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Old September 28, 2007, 11:42 PM   #6
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Well, alot of things in Final Fantasy durive from all the ancient cultures or people of the world.

I.E.(I know it's FFVII): Midgard is "Earth" in Norse Mythology.
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Old September 29, 2007, 4:38 PM   #7
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I knew of Samarkand a while ago, it's where a fairy tale about a witch is set or some shit.

There are obviously similarities, yeah.

I don't know if SE have ever confirmed this though, they borrow inspiration from a wide array of places.
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Old September 29, 2007, 4:41 PM   #8
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Haha reading this thread totally freaked me out, I just started an essay on Angela Carters short story "The Kiss" and it's set in Samarkand!
But yeah it's legendary for being so exotic and such and does seem really similar to Zanarkand! Pretty good comparison I'd say.
Lacks a Blitzball stadium though!!
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Old September 30, 2007, 3:10 AM   #9
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there isn't A LOT of similarity, but there is some. no machina or bliztball stadium though...damn

Although there could be some links to it...
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It kinda looks like it when it's in ruins.
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