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Show NAMES IN ASIA'S GOLDEN ERA Vhat Genghis Khan, Deatre--'-. and Tamerlane, Upbuilder, Accom-. Accom-. pllehed In Samarkand. Whenever one Is shown a ruin in Samnskand, the native explains that "Genghis Khan destroyed It." If a monument still wears some vestige of Its former grandeur "Tamerlane erected erect-ed It." Everywhere Is carried down from generation -to generation memories memo-ries of Genghis Khan, the destroyer, anil THmerlane, (he upbuilder. It is to Tamerlane, who feigned at tho end of the fourteenth century, that Samarkand Samar-kand owes Its most- beautiful monuments, monu-ments, Elsie F. Weil writes In Asia Magazine. With his exploits he Inspired In-spired the imagination of countless poets of as many nations, Including Christopher Marlowe, for ho was u great sovereign and organizer as well as a mighty conqueror. When Tamerlane Tamer-lane returned to his capital after vanquishing van-quishing most of Asiu he was determined deter-mined to make it the loveliest city In the world. To I'ersla, Mesopotamia, India and China he sent for tlie most celebrated artisans, ordering them here to create their masterpieces. Byzantine, I'erslan and Arabic Influences Influ-ences In art were all melted Into a per- -feet harmony greens and blues mellowing mel-lowing Into each other like tlie sea and the sky a vast and reverend chorus of beauty. |