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This building was likely modeled off of a similar building in the Persian city of Maragheh. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this building built in the early 15th century by the teacher of the scientist Ali Qushji which allowed that ruler to compile the Zīj-i Sulṭānī. A description of the type of building and the builder is acceptable.
ANSWER: Ulugh Beg’s observatory [accept descriptive equivalents that mention Ulugh Beg and an astronomical observatory; accept Ulugbek in place of “Ulugh Beg”; accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, descriptions of the observatory in Samarkand; prompt on observatory by asking “built by whom?”]
[10m] Ulugh Beg’s observatory was built in this Transoxanian city. This major trading center contains the remains of a ruler who reportedly built pyramids of skulls out of conquered populations.
ANSWER: Samarkand
[10e] Samarkand served as the capital of this central Asian conqueror, during whose reign it flourished in a namesake Renaissance. This steppe ruler was nicknamed for his disabled leg.
ANSWER: Timur [or Timur the Lame or Tamerlane; accept Timurid Empire or Timurid Renaissance]
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Indiana AUChicago A10101030
MiamiUIUC C0101020
Northwestern APurdue A0101020
WashU CNotre Dame0101020
UChicago DPurdue B001010
SIUE AIndiana B001010
UIUC AUIUC B10101030
UIUC DUChicago C0101020
UChicago BWashU D0101020