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Tamerlane's Captive Cartographers and the Maps of an Empire
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the little-known story of Tamerlane's cartographers — the captive geographers and astronomers who mapped the known world for his empire. When Tamerlane conquered cities like Damascus, Tabriz, and Delhi, he didn't just take gold and craftsmen; he also seized scholars and their libraries, including works of Ptolemy and Islamic geographers like al-Idrisi and al-Biruni. In Samarkand, these captive cartographers compiled detailed maps of Central Asia, Persia, India, and beyond, creating works like the 'Samarkand Atlas'…
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