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Tamerlane's Captive Bellmakers: The Samarkand Carillon
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known chapter of Timur's empire: the captive bellmakers. After devastating cities like Damascus and Tabriz, Tamerlane deported artisans to Samarkand, including metalworkers skilled in casting bells. But in a Muslim empire where bells had no liturgical role, why gather them? The answer reveals Timur's ambitions to create a universal capital with echoes of the world's cultures. The episode follows the journey of these craftsmen, the adaptation of their craft to new materials, and the eventual fate of the bells—some melted for…
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