The Timurid Empire’s creation influenced Islamic architecture in Central Asia.

Evidence

This is the time of the building of the great mosques of Bukhara and Samarkand, Tashkent and Herat, conceived and executed on a monumental scale, a central Asian equivalent of the European Renaissance. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1146

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1146
• XREF: connects to: Empire and wealth foster the development of stable religions and art forms. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 674; Islam has varied regionally and adapted to historical transformations. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 160