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Tamerlane's Siege of Baghdad: The River of Blood
In 1401, Tamerlane's army descended on Baghdad, then a jewel of the Jalayirid Sultanate. After a 40-day siege, the city fell, and a massacre followed that became legend: historians like Ibn Arabshah and the Zafarnama record towers of skulls and a river allegedly turned red. But how much of that story is fact, and how much is propaganda? In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the siege itself—the military tactics, the betrayal of the city's governor, and the deliberate terror that Tamerlane wielded as a weapon. They also explore the aftermath: the city's destruction, its…
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