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Tamerlane's Siege Engines: Breaking Walls of the 14th Century
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna turn to the engineering of destruction—the siege engines that let Tamerlane crack the walls of Isfahan, Baghdad, Delhi, and Ankara. From massive trebuchets to counterweighted artillery, from the thundering mangonels to the crafty use of sappers and towers, they explore how Timurid armies, drawing on Persian and Mongol techniques, turned siegecraft into a devastating art. They discuss the role of engineers like Mahmud ibn Ishaq, the logistics of building enormous machines on campaign, and the psychological terror of bombardment. With vivid…
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