Show NAMES IN ASIAS ASIA'S GOLDEN ERA Genghis Khan Destroyer and Tamerlane pushed in Whenever er one Is shown a n ruin In time the native explains that Genghis Khan destroyed It It If a amon monument mon ment still wears some vestige of Its former grandeur Tamerlane erected erected erected erect erect- ed It Everywhere is carried down from generation to generation memories memories memo memo- r ries of Genghis Khan han the destroyer and Tamerlane the It isto Isto Is la lato to Tamerlane who reigned at nt the end of the fourteenth century that Samar Samar- kand owes its most beautiful men Is Elsie F F. Weil Well writes In Asia Magazine With his exploits he Inspired inspired In In- the he imagination of co countless nt ss poets or as us many nations Including Christopher Marlowe arlowe for tor he was a n great greaL sovereign and organizer organize as ns well ns as a n mighty conqueror When Tamerlane Tamer- Tamer luna lane returned to his capital after vanQuishing vanquishing van van- most of or Asia he fas determined determined deter deter- mined to make it the time loveliest city Inthe in inthe the time world To fo Persia Mesopotamia India and und China he sent for the most celebrated artisans ordering them here to create their masterpieces B Byzantine Persian and Arabic Influences Influences influences In art were all melted Into a perfect per per- feet fed harmony harmony greens greens and blues mellowing mellowing mellowing mel mel- lowing Into each other like the sea and the sky a sky a vast and reverend chorus of beauty |