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Show NAMES IN ASIA'S GOLDEN ERA 1 What Qenghfs' Khan, Destroyer, and Tamerlane, Upbullder, Accomplished. Accom-plished. In Samarkand. : WheiUTor ono'is shown n, ruin In Snmnrkand, tho nntlvo explains that "Genghis Khan destroyed It.", If h mondoient slU wears Some vestige ot Its former grah'deur '"Tamerlano erected erect-ed It." Evcrywhcro Is carried down from generation to generation, memories memo-ries of Genghis Khan, the destroyer, and Tamerlane,, tho upbullder.- It fa to Tamerlane, who reigned at iho end of the fourteenth century, that Samarkand Samar-kand owes Its most beautiful monuments, monu-ments, Klslo V. Well writes In Asia Mngnxlnc, With his exploits .ho Inspired In-spired the Imagination ot countless poet- nf us many nations, including Christopher Marlowe, for ho was a great sovereign and organizer ns well as n mighty conqueror. When Tamer-. Tamer-. tniio returned to his capital after, vanquishing van-quishing most ot Aula he v? as determined deter-mined to mak It the loveliest city la tho world. To Persia, Mesopotamia, India, and China lie sent for tlie, most celebrated artisans, ordering them hero to creato their masterpieces. Byzantine, IVmlau and Arabic Influences Influ-ences In art were alt melted Into per feet harmony greens und, blues niel-lowing niel-lowing Into each other like tlis Vea and the sky a vast nnd reverend chorus of beauty. |
