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Tamerlane's Shepherds: The Nomadic Army That Built an Empire
In the grand narrative of Tamerlane's conquests, we often focus on the cities he sacked and the thrones he toppled. But behind every siege, every victory, stood a vast, mobile army drawn from the nomadic herders of Central Asia. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Tamerlane raised his armies from the steppe: the system of tumens, the role of the ulus, the logistics of moving tens of thousands of horsemen across deserts and mountains, and the dependence on a pastoral economy that supplied horses, felt tents, and dried meat. They discuss the organization of the Chagatai ulus, the…
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