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Tamerlane's Last Campaign: The 1404 March to China
In late 1404, Tamerlane—already master of an empire stretching from Delhi to Damascus—set out from Samarkand on his final conquest: the overthrow of the Ming dynasty. This episode reconstructs that doomed march, the emperor's failing health, the freezing steppe, and the ambitions that drove a 68-year-old conqueror to attempt the invasion of China. We follow the army through Otrar, where Tamerlane fell ill, and examine the strategic logic behind the campaign, the role of defectors like the Mongol prince Bunyashiri, and the sudden death that halted the advance. With insights from the…
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