{"id":22561,"date":"2024-07-12T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/?p=22561"},"modified":"2024-07-02T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:24:41","slug":"clay-city-bam-and-baluchistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/clay-city-bam-and-baluchistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay city “Bam” and Baluchistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clay city Bam<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

About 200 km south-east of Kerman we reach the city of Bam. The Bam oasis<\/strong> is surrounded by desert and steppe. Around 2400 to 2600 years have passed since Bam was founded. The city was built by the Sassanids, the New Persian Empire. The Arabs conquered the mud city around 642 AD and the first mosque was built around 650 AD. The mud city of Bam, which can still be visited today, dates from the 16th to 18th centuries.<\/p>\n

December 2003:<\/strong>
\nA violent earthquake<\/strong> shakes Bam. About 70%<\/strong> of the new town was destroyed and around 43,000 people died<\/strong>. Another 30,000 were injured.
\nThe USA and other Western countries<\/strong>sent search parties and 1.1 billion dollars in aid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

July 2004:<\/strong>
\nAnother strong earthquake <\/strong>. This earthquake also destroyed prefabricated houses<\/strong> that had been built for survivors of the December 2003 quake.<\/p>\n

March 2007:
\n<\/strong>In an unexpected sandstorm with a speed of 130 km\/h<\/strong>, 3 children suffocated. 2 people were killed in traffic accidents and 14 others were injured.<\/sup>
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Despite all the disasters that have befallen Bam, the citadel is well worth a visit. We are thrilled. Apparently, the generous donations are being put to good use, as the mud-brick complex looks very neat and tidy to us and work on the castle continues apace. We can only marvel at what and how artistically clay can be worked with.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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