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Tamerlane's Captured Scholars: The Samarkand Renaissance
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore how Tamerlane's conquests shaped not just borders but minds. After sacking cities from Damascus to Delhi, the conqueror brought captive scholars, astronomers, and mathematicians to Samarkand, turning his capital into a beacon of learning. We follow the journeys of figures like the astronomer Jamshid al-Kashi, the historian Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, and the mathematician Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid, examining the Ulugh Beg Observatory that rose after Tamerlane's death and the intellectual ferment that defined the Timurid…
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