Timur makes Samarkand his capital
Conquests from Delhi to Anatolia adorn a new capital
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Timur (Tamerlane) seized power in Transoxiana and made Samarkand the capital of his empire. His campaigns devastated lands from Delhi to Anatolia, while craftsmen were brought to Samarkand to build its mosques and madrasas.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1347–1351 Black Death — 23 years earlier
- 1385 Union of Krewo — 15 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1380 Battle of Kulikovo — 10 years later
Alive at the time
- Timur (aged 34)
- Edward III (aged 58)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 56)
- Charles IV (aged 54)
- Murad I (aged 44)
- Ibn Khaldun (aged 38)
- Dmitry Donskoy (aged 20)
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (aged 12)
- Andrei Rublev (aged 10)
- Bayezid I the Thunderbolt (aged 10)