The medieval city was known as Cuba City, according to studies based on Arab written documents dating from the 7th century to the 10th century. It was located along the old caravan road linking
Kashgar and the
Fergana Valley. Previously Cuba had been the second-largest of its kind in the area after the capital of the ancient Fergana Valley,
Ahsiket, but in the late 13th century, the
Mongolian invasion reduced the city to ruins. The old town was composed of three parts: the citadel, the shahhristan and the rabbit (residential part of the city). By the Middle Ages in the Fergana Valley, Kuva had developed handicrafts, particularly pottery, goldsmithing, and metal treatment, making it a major economic and political center of the region. The first archaeological studies of the town began as early as the 1950s when the Major Fergana Canal was constructed, but the greatest achievement was found during the 1956-1957 expedition. File:Weshparkar, 7th century, Kuva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan.jpg|Divinity
Weshparkar, 7th century, Quva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan. File:Head of a demon, 7th century, Kuva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan.jpg|Head of a demon, 7th century, Buddhist temple of Quva (Ferghana), Uzbekistan. ==References==