"What to Know about Tamerlane, Conqueror of Asia" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Mar 2018 1:03 p.m. PST |
"Throughout history, few names have inspired such terror as "Tamerlane." That was not the Central Asian conqueror's actual name, though. More properly, he is known as Timur, from the Turkic word for "iron." Amir Timur is remembered as a vicious conqueror, who razed ancient cities to the ground and put entire populations to the sword. On the other hand, he is also known as a great patron of the arts, literature, and architecture.
One of his signal achievements is his capital in the beautiful city of Samarkand, in modern-day Uzbekistan.
A complicated man, Timur continues to fascinate us some six centuries after his death…"
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| goragrad | 26 Mar 2018 8:26 p.m. PST |
An Asian conqueror without, as noted, the redeeming aspects of some of the others. The benefit to the West of his defeat of the Ottomans was temporary. |
| Tango01 | 27 Mar 2018 11:21 a.m. PST |
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