Tamerlane

25 07, 2017

Ottoman Turks – Medieval Islamic history

By |2017-07-25T10:41:41-07:00July 25th, 2017|History, Islam|Comments Off on Ottoman Turks – Medieval Islamic history

Sultan Mehmed II (by the Venetian painter Gentile Bellini, 1479 AD) After the old Seljuk kingdom in Anatolia (Turkey) fell apart, one of these Seljuks, a man named Osman, started in 1299 AD to [...]

19 07, 2017

The Mughal Empire – History of India

By |2019-08-07T11:25:08-07:00July 19th, 2017|History, India, Where|Comments Off on The Mughal Empire – History of India

Mughal Empire - Babur, first Mughal ruler Timur's descendants: the Mughal Empire Timur's empire collapsed when he died in 1405 AD. Then the Mongols lost control of India for a while. Local Muslim leaders formed small [...]

31 05, 2017

Toregene and Kublai Khan – Mongol Empire History

By |2017-05-31T15:37:25-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Toregene and Kublai Khan – Mongol Empire History

Coin of Toregene Toregene ruled the Mongol Empire for five years. By then she was not in good health - she was about 55 years old. She passed on her [...]

31 05, 2017

Uzbeks – Uzbekistan and Central Asian History

By |2019-08-08T15:43:08-07:00May 31st, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on Uzbeks – Uzbekistan and Central Asian History

Uzbek ruler in his yurt (1509, probably at Samarkand, in Uzbekistan) The Uzbek empire After the collapse of the Mongol Timur's empire in the 1400s AD, many smaller states replaced the [...]

30 05, 2017

The Silk Road to the Great Game – Central Asian History

By |2017-05-30T17:31:17-07:00May 30th, 2017|Central Asia, History|Comments Off on The Silk Road to the Great Game – Central Asian History

A melon stall in Central Asia After Tamerlane died in 1405, his Altaic people kept on ruling Central Asia, but not as one big empire. There were lots of little [...]

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