General Information

Author/Creator

Marozzi, Justin, 1970-

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2007.

Physical Description

xxiv, 449 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

Tamerlane (1336-1405)-the tartar successor to Genghis Khan-ranks with Alexander the Great as one of the world’s greatest conquerors. His armies were ferocious, feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe. They blazed through Asia like a firestorm, 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. 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.--Publisher description.

Subjects

Subject

Timur, 1336-1405.

Conquerors > Asia, Central > Biography.

Mongols > Kings and rulers > Biography.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Justin Marozzi.

Note

Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2004.

ISBN

9780306815430

0306815435

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	950/.24092 MAR		General Stacks	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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