Tamerlane: The Man Who Tried to Rebuild Genghis Khan's Empire

In the winter of 1404, an old man with a crippled leg marched out of Samarkand to conquer China. Over thirty-five years he had sacked Delhi, Baghdad and Damascus, broken the Golden Horde and captured the Ottoman sultan. This is the story of Timur, known in the West as Tamerlane: a raider from a minor Central Asian family who set out to rebuild the empire of Genghis Khan. CHAPTERS 00:00 Winter, 1404 00:48 A minor nobleman's son 01:46 Amir Husayn and the road to power 02:17 The Genghis Khan problem 02:49 Timur's army 03:28 Persia and the towers of skulls 04:25 Tokhtamysh and the Golden Horde 05:40 The invasion of India 06:50 Aleppo, Damascus and Ibn Khaldun 07:53 Bayezid and the Battle of Ankara 08:47 Samarkand 09:23 The march on China 10:00 The empire after Timur 10:33 The "curse" of the tomb 10:59 Legacy, and the Mughals MUSIC Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 "Night Vigil", "Crusade - Heavy Industry", "The Pyre" Casualty figures come from medieval chroniclers and later estimates; they are uncertain. Was Timur a builder or a butcher? Tell us in the comments. #history #tamerlane #timur