Timur+the+Lame

=Timur the Lame/ Timir-i Lang/ Tamerlane=

Timur-i Lang was a cruel and merciless conqueror during the late fourteenth century in Central Asia. He was known to be a scholar who was a patron of the arts ( he supposedly had a lengthy conversation with Ibn Khaldun), but he is known most for his ruthless conquering of central Asia. From the beginning of his campaign in the 1360's until his death in 1405, the lands he conquered (Persia, the Mesopotamia, India, and southern Russia) lived in fear. Anyone who opposed him was brutally put down by his armies. He is remembered more as a merciless conqueror than a scholar today due to his failure to promote trade or cross-culteral exchange unlike the Mongols Link back to Unit 4 Terms Created by Joe Hampton on November 9, 2008

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