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From the Ted Talk by Stephanie Honchell Smith: History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror
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Open Cloze
Timur may have been illiterate, but he was also an active patron of _______ and the arts. During his _________, he spared artisans and ________, sending them to work on public projects like schools and mosques. Unlike many _____ in the world at the time, his wives, daughters, and daughters-in-law were highly educated and politically active. Timur also personally met with— and impressed— the famed Arab historian Ibn Khaldun in Damascus, and he so thoroughly ________ chess that he is said to have _______ a more complex variant that was named for him.
Solution
- women
- culture
- scholars
- mastered
- enjoyed
- conquests
Original Text
Timur may have been illiterate, but he was also an active patron of culture and the arts. During his conquests, he spared artisans and scholars, sending them to work on public projects like schools and mosques. Unlike many women in the world at the time, his wives, daughters, and daughters-in-law were highly educated and politically active. Timur also personally met with— and impressed— the famed Arab historian Ibn Khaldun in Damascus, and he so thoroughly mastered chess that he is said to have enjoyed a more complex variant that was named for him.
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