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tiger
Reddish tan, striped, great cat of forests, grasslands, and swamps in E Russia, parts of China, India, and SE Asia. Tigers are solitary, nocturnal hunters, preying on medium-sized mammals (e.g., deer). Locality and subspecies determine size, color, and stripes. S tigers, such as the Bengal (Panthera, or Leo, tigris tigris), are smaller and more brightly colored than N ones, such as the rare Siberian tiger (P. t. altaica). Males grow to over 3 ft (1 m) high and 7 ft (2.2 m) long, excluding the 3-ft (1-m) tail, and may weigh 350-640 lbs (160-290 kg). Tigers live about 11 years. Though internationally protected, tigers are seriously endangered; their populations have shrunk by more than 90% in the last century, and three subspecies are now extinct.


Timur
Turkic conqueror of Islamic faith whose conquests reached from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea. Born near Samarkand, he settled in Transoxania (modern Uzbekistan) after taking part in campaigns there with Genghis Khan's son Chagatai. (Timur Lenk, or Tamerlane, means "Timur the Lame," reflecting the battle wounds he received.) Through machinations and treachery he took over Transoxania and proclaimed himself the restorer of the Mongol empire. In the 1380s he began his conquest of Persia, taking Khorasan and E Persia in 1383-85 and W Persia as far as Mesopotamia and Georgia in 1386-94. He occupied Moscow for a year. When revolts broke out in Persia, he ruthlessly suppressed them, massacring the populations of whole cities. In 1398 he invaded India, leaving a trail of carnage. Next he marched on Damascus and Baghdad, deporting the artisans of the former to Samarkand and destroying all the monuments of the latter. In 1404 he prepared to march on China but died early in the march. Though Timur strove to make Samarkand the most splendid city in Asia, he himself preferred to be always on the move. His most lasting memorials are the architectural monuments of Samarkand and the dynasty he established, under which Samarkand became a center of scholarship and science.

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