Death of Timur
1405 · Event
The conqueror dies on the march to invade China; his vast Central Asian empire fragments but seeds the Timurid Renaissance and the Mughals.
On these timelines: Mongol Empire, Persia and Iran, Master
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- Yuan dynasty begins (1271)
- Battle of Yamen (1279)
- Mongol invasion of Europe (1241)
- Pax Mongolica (1260)
- Yuan dynasty ends (1368)
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