HIST 2890 Lecture 22: Lecture 22
4 Feb 2015
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So confused, ask people for help because your brain is not working. White sheep and black sheep = turkish tribes with white flocks and black flocks. By the mid 14th century the mongol realms have really disintegrated. He is the first big shot that converts & that"s symbolic. Tatar turko-mongolian tribes people who speak a turkish language. Would capture artists and cart them back: employ these people to build his capital, this creating a flourishing of arts and such. Was a patron of the arts, but also was very destructive. Invaded russian in 1380, iraq 1383, up them back down again, over to baghdad and in. 1402 timur defeats the ottoman"s in battle and captures the ottoman"s sultans. Managed to carve out a decent sized empire for a time with its capital in samarqand. 1398, invaded india: they used elephants against him he responded by setting camels on fire to freak out the elephants.
