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Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World

Justin Marozzi

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Tamerlane (1336-1405)-the tartar successor to Genghis Khan-ranks with Alexander the Great as one of the world's greatest conquerors. His armies were ferocious, feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. They blazed through Asia like a firestorm, razing cities, torturing captives, and massacring enemies. Anyone who dared defy Tamerlane was likely decapitated, and towers of bloody heads soon became chilling monuments to his power throughout Central Asia. By the end of his life, Tamerlane had imposed his iron rule, as well as a refined culture, over a vast territory-from Syria to India, from Siberia to the Mediterranean. Justin Marozzi traveled in the footsteps of this infamous and enigmatic emperor of Samarkand (in modern Uzbekistan) to tell the story of this cruel, cultivated, and powerful warrior.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 496 pages

Publication:: 2007

Publisher:: Da Capo Press

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ISBN10:: 0306815435

ISBN13:: 9780306815430

kindle Asin:: B009FUF9IE

Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World

Justin Marozzi

3.90/5 (684 ratings)

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Tamerlane (1336-1405)-the tartar successor to Genghis Khan-ranks with Alexander the Great as one of the world's greatest conquerors. His armies were ferocious, feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. They blazed through Asia like a firestorm, razing cities, torturing captives, and massacring enemies. Anyone who dared defy Tamerlane was likely decapitated, and towers of bloody heads soon became chilling monuments to his power throughout Central Asia. By the end of his life, Tamerlane had imposed his iron rule, as well as a refined culture, over a vast territory-from Syria to India, from Siberia to the Mediterranean. Justin Marozzi traveled in the footsteps of this infamous and enigmatic emperor of Samarkand (in modern Uzbekistan) to tell the story of this cruel, cultivated, and powerful warrior.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 496 pages

Publication:: 2007

Publisher:: Da Capo Press

Edition:

Language:

ISBN10:: 0306815435

ISBN13:: 9780306815430

kindle Asin:: B009FUF9IE

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