Bibliograph

Tamerlane, sword of Islam, conqueror of the world, Justin Marozzi

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Tamerlane, sword of Islam, conqueror of the world, Justin Marozzi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-433) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tamerlane

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

64566873

Responsibility statement

Justin Marozzi

Sub title

sword of Islam, conqueror of the world

Summary

Tamerlane, successor to Genghis Khan, ranks with Alexander the Great as one of the world's greatest conquerors. His ferocious armies were feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. They blazed through Asia, razing cities, torturing captives, and massacring enemies. Anyone who dared defy Tamerlane was likely decapitated, and towers of bloody heads soon became chilling monuments to his power throughout Central Asia. By the end of his life, Tamerlane had imposed his iron rule, as well as a refined culture, over a vast territory--from Syria to India, from Siberia to the Mediterranean. Author Justin Marozzi traveled in the footsteps of this infamous and enigmatic emperor of Samarkand (in modern Uzbekistan) to tell the story of this cruel, cultivated, and powerful warrior

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