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The Samarkand Observatory: Ulugh Beg's Astronomical Legacy
In this episode, we step away from the cotton fields and espionage of previous installments to explore the intellectual zenith of Central Asia under the Timurid Empire. We focus on Ulugh Beg, the grandson of Tamerlane, who transformed Samarkand into a global center of science in the early 15th century. Lucas and Luna discuss the construction of the Gurkhani Zerijkhana, an observatory so precise it remained the most accurate in the world for decades. We examine how Ulugh Beg calculated the length of the solar year with astonishing precision and mapped over 1,018 stars, bridging ancient Greek…
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