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Tamerlane's Career and Its UsesJournal of World History
Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring, 2002)
, pp. 1-25 (25 pages)
Published By: University of Hawai'i Press
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Abstract
Tamerlane has remained an important figure in world history, both because of the impact of his career on the world of his time and because he remains fascinating and useful to many people. This paper explores the facts of Temür's career and the uses made of his image following his death, showing how his actions together with the stories circulated during his lifetime served to create a charisma that survives into our time. Tamerlane belonged to two worlds, the Islamic and the Turco-Mongolian, but was not eligible to hold the highest office in either one. To compensate for his low formal position, he deliberately created a persona which bordered on the supernatural. The dynasty he founded reworked earlier traditions to create the figure of a dynastic founder within both the Islamic and the Turkic traditions. Subsequent dynasties in the Middle East and Central and South Asia used Tamerlane to bolster their legitimacy, while European writers and historians found fascination in the contradictions of his personality and the monumentality of his ambitions. Many of the myths recounted later have their origins in stories apparently deliberately circulated by Tamerlane and his entourage. There is a striking continuity in the portrayal of Tamerlane and the use to which he has been put, from medieval Iran and India through the European Renaissance and Enlightenment to Russian, Soviet, and finally Uzbek formulations of history.
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AP World History: ModernScoring GuideUnit1-3 testCopyright © 2020. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online or in printbeyond your school’s participation in the program is prohibited.Page 1 of 15Image 1:OTTOMAN SOLDIERS RECONQUERING A FORTRESS IN GREECE FROM VENETIANFORCES, MINIATURE IN A VENETIAN-PRODUCED BOOK OF HISTORY ANDDIPLOMACY, CIRCA 1665DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/Getty ImagesImage 2:MUGHAL FORCES LED BY THE EMPEROR AURANGZEB CAPTURE THE FORTRESS OFGOLCONDA, CAPITAL OF A RIVAL MUSLIM INDIAN STATE, IN 1687. PAINTING BY ANANONYMOUS INDIAN ARTIST, CIRCA 1760.
AP World History: ModernScoring GuideUnit1-3 testCopyright © 2020. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online or in printbeyond your school’s participation in the program is prohibited.Page 2 of 15Heritage Images/Getty Images1.The two dynasties whose expansions are illustrated by the images shared which of the following?ATheir rulers claimed to be descended from the Mongol ruling family of Chinggis KhanBTheir rulers were recognized as caliphs by most MuslimsCTheir rulers were descended from Turkic peoples of Central Asian descentDTheir rulers claimed power by virtue of protecting Dar al-Islam from European invasion2.Taken together, the two images best support which of the following claims regarding developments in theperiod from 1450 to 1750 ?
AP World History: ModernScoring GuideUnit1-3 testCopyright © 2020. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online or in printbeyond your school’s participation in the program is prohibited.Page 3 of 15AEuropean military technology was inferior to Asian military technology.BRulers served as military commanders and typically led armies into battle themselves.CGunpowder technology facilitated the expansion of land-based empires.DReligious divisions were not a significant source of military conflict.3.Which of the following imperial expansions was most similar to those of the Ottoman and Mughal Empires?AThe Portuguese Empire in BrazilBThe Dutch Empire in South Africa and IndonesiaCThe Spanish Empire in the Americas and AsiaDThe Manchu Empire in East Asia4.All of the following pieces of additional information regarding the events portrayed inImage 2 are factuallyaccurate. Which would be most useful in evaluating the message that the image was intended to convey?AEmperor Aurangzeb was a strong proponent of Sunni Islam, while the rulers of Golconda were supporters ofShiism.BEmperor Aurangzeb overthrew his father in order to become the Mughal emperor, while the ruler ofGolconda succeeded his father peacefully.
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