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Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane)

1370 CE – 1405 CE · 35 years

Timur carved out a vast empire from Central Asia, defeating the Golden Horde, sacking Delhi, destroying Damascus and Baghdad, and crushing the Ottomans at Ankara — leaving an estimated 17 million dead.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Timurid Empire
  • Golden Horde, Delhi Sultanate, Mamluks & Ottoman Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Conquests of Timur (Tamerlane).

  1. 1398 Sack of Delhi
  2. 1401 Sack of Damascus
  3. 1401 Sack of Baghdad
  4. 1402 Battle of Ankara

Running at the same time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi

1389 CE – still standing

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Figure · China / Indian Ocean

Zheng He

1371 CE – 1433 CE

Conflict

Great Troubles of the Golden Horde

1359 CE – 1381 CE

Landmark

Jiaohe Ruins

200 BCE – 1400 CE

Polity

Oirat Confederation

1399 CE – 1628 CE

Figure · North Africa / Mamluk Egypt

Ibn Khaldun

1332 CE – 1406 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1370 CE and 1405 CE.

1370 CE Shah-i-Zinda 1389 CE Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 1399 CE Bibi-Khanym Mosque 1371 CE Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans 1380 CE Muscovite–Mongol Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Landmark · Europe 350 BCE – 1404 CE Great Khanate Polity · East Asia 1271 CE – 1400 CE Viking North Atlantic Route Trade route · Europe 870 CE – 1400 CE Ottoman Conquest of the Balkans Conflict · Europe 1371 CE – 1459 CE Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary Landmark · East Asia 400 CE – 1400 CE Poland-Lithuania Polity · Europe 1400 CE – 1500 CE
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