THE MONGOL CONQUEROR, WHO BUILT THE PYRAMID OF SKULL
On this day, 1405 Taimur the Lame, the Mongol conqueror who built the Pyramid of skull all over Central Asia, is dead - laid low by disease during an expedition to conquer China. He was 68. Timur (called Tamerlane in Europe) carved out a vast Empire by the sword, stretching from Mongolia to India, from Baghdad to Egypt - although he was crippled in his youth and often had to be carried into a battle on a litter. Claiming direct descent from Genghis Khan, he conquered hi native Transoxiana (Uzbekistan) 35 years ago, and made Samarkand his capital. Then he attacked all his neighbors in turn. His terms were simple: surrender or death - and hesitation meant mass be headings. A brilliant technician, Timur routed the Golden Horde, conquered the Turks, Anatolians, Mamelukes, Arbas and Persians, and sacked Delhi, Damascus Baghdad. He filled Samarkand with looted art treasures - for Taimur loved art, and was a philosopher who impressed the great minds of his time, even though he was illiterate. his four sons now inherit the empire.
On this day, 1405 Taimur the Lame, the Mongol conqueror who built the Pyramid of skull all over Central Asia, is dead - laid low by disease during an expedition to conquer China. He was 68. Timur (called Tamerlane in Europe) carved out a vast Empire by the sword, stretching from Mongolia to India, from Baghdad to Egypt - although he was crippled in his youth and often had to be carried into a battle on a litter. Claiming direct descent from Genghis Khan, he conquered hi native Transoxiana (Uzbekistan) 35 years ago, and made Samarkand his capital. Then he attacked all his neighbors in turn. His terms were simple: surrender or death - and hesitation meant mass be headings. A brilliant technician, Timur routed the Golden Horde, conquered the Turks, Anatolians, Mamelukes, Arbas and Persians, and sacked Delhi, Damascus Baghdad. He filled Samarkand with looted art treasures - for Taimur loved art, and was a philosopher who impressed the great minds of his time, even though he was illiterate. his four sons now inherit the empire.
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