Timurid Empire
1370–1507 · Event
The empire founded by Timur (Tamerlane) in 1370, centred on Samarkand, which dominated Central Asia and Persia and presided over a cultural flowering under rulers such as the astronomer-king Ulugh Beg.
On these timelines: Persia and Iran, Mongol Empire, Master
More from Persia and Iran
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Sassanid Empire (224)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Safavid Empire (1501)
- Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire (334 BCE)
- Safavid Iran converts to Twelver Shi'ism (1501)
Around 1370
- Black Death (1346)
- Dante's Divine Comedy (1320)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- Sultanate of Malacca founded (1400)
- Hundred Years' War (1337)
- Age of Exploration (1418)