In world history, Tamerlan left a memory rivaling that of Genghis Khan. This renounced Mongol reigned for thirty-five years and, being in Samarkand, tirelessly and always successfully waged wars in the space from Delhi to the Aegean Sea, from Damascus to Chinese Turkestan. Tamerlan is not just a name, but a whole myth that has survived to our time. This lame man with a crippled hand had remarkable energy and extraordinary endurance. He did not tolerate stories about the horrors of war and at the same time did not prevent the spread of rumors about the countless murders he had committed. A destroyer of ancient cities, he built luxurious buildings in his capital, laying the foundation of the Timurid Renaissance, one of the pearls of Muslim civilization. Tamerlane's horse campaigns ended a whole era, during which horsemen armed with bows established their orders throughout Eurasia.