# History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Stephanie Honchell Smith
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/stephanie_honchell_smith_history_vs_tamerlane_the_conqueror)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

He was born in the 1330s in the Chaghatayid Khanate, formerly the Mongol Empire. On the steppe, he rose from a lowly sheep thief to become one of history's greatest conquerors, uniting nearly all of Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran under his rule. But was he a great state builder or a bloodthirsty tyrant? Stephanie Honchell Smith puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs. Tamerlane. \[Directed by Brett Underhill, PorkchopBob Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio\].

## Lectures

1. [History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/stephanie_honchell_smith_history_vs_tamerlane_the_conqueror/b48ece6473b5), 6 min (TED's player)