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Tamerlane's Captive Armorers: The Steppe Arsenal
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the vast industry behind Tamerlane's military machine: the captive armorers, swordsmiths, and bowyers who armed his armies. They discuss how Timur gathered skilled craftsmen from Damascus, Tabriz, and Delhi to Samarkand, creating centralized workshops known as kar-khanas that produced mail armor, composite bows, and curved swords. The conversation covers the influence of captured Persian armorers on Timurid armor, the standardization of weapons under the Yassa code, and the logistical challenge of equipping a multi-ethnic army of tumens. Specific…
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