Sat at the crossroads of about five different empires and not one of them managed to stick around.
Fun fact: Afghanistan's lapis lazuli mines in Badakhshan have been continuously worked for over 6,500 years.
Every line in it is quotable and everyone you've met has tried to prove that at a dinner party.
Fun fact: Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin learned to fence both left- and right-handed for the duel scene.