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, Master, Mongol Empire
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- Sassanid Empire (224)
- Ruhollah Khomeini (1902)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Safavid Empire (1501)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (636)
- Iran Air Flight 655 shot down (1988)
Around 1370
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Battle of Agincourt (1415)
- Brunelleschi's dome of Florence Cathedral (1420)
- Black Death (1346)
- Dante's Divine Comedy (1320)
- Zheng He's treasure voyages (1405)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Ming dynasty begins (1368)