Timur

Empires

Timur conquers Persia, Russia, India, and the Ottoman Empire, creating one of history's largest empires. At his capital Samarkand he sponsors magnificent arc…

• ~1370 CE

  Timur (Tamerlane) builds Samarkand empire

  Timur conquers Persia, Russia, India, and the Ottoman Empire, creating one of history's largest empires. At his capital Samarkand he sponsors magnificent architecture and scholarship—while his campaigns kill an estimated 17 million people.