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Timur's Grandchildren: The Timurid Renaissance
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the cultural flowering that followed Tamerlane's death. While his empire fractured, his grandson Ulugh Beg built an observatory in Samarkand that mapped the stars with astonishing precision, and his son Shah Rukh turned Herat into a center of Persian painting and poetry. We walk through the observatory's massive arc, meet the astronomer al-Kashi, and see how Timurid princes patronized the arts even as they fought over territory. The episode also touches on the fragile balance between conquest and creation—how a dynasty known for war also gave…
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