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Timur's Coinage: How Tamerlane Minted a New World Order
In Episode 216, Lucas and Luna turn from Tamerlane's battlefields to his minting houses, exploring how the conqueror used coins to cement his power and reshape the economy of Central Asia. They trace the evolution of Timurid currency from early silver tangkas to the coinage of Samarkand and Herat, and ask what these small metal discs reveals about his ambitions. Along the way, they meet the mints of Kesh and Shahr-i Sabz, the Persian legends stamped over Mongol traditions, and the Chinese-style paper money that never took hold. The episode moves from Tamerlane's first coins—issued…
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