Region

Central Asia

The Silk Road heartland — Scythians, Mongols, Timurids and trans-Eurasian connectors.

1878–1953 CE

General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party · Dictator 1924–1953

1336–1405 CE

Turco-Mongol Conqueror · Founder of the Timurid Empire

973–1048 CE

Persian Polymath · Astronomer · Mathematician

1394–1449 CE

Timurid Astronomer-King · Builder of the Samarkand Observatory

1483–1530 CE

Founder of the Mughal Empire in India · Poet and Memoirist

1934–1968 CE

Cosmonaut · First Person in Space

1162–1227 CE

Mongol Emperor

48s

Historical Guide

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