God's Shadow is a biography of Ottoman Sultan Selim whose conquests included this country in a 1516 battle near Aleppo

For adding areas such as Valencia to his realm 13th c. King James I of Aragon was known as Jaime el this Spanish word

In December 1398 Tamerlane sacked this old city in northern India amid great carnage

After Crassus died in battle in 53 B.C. this other Great triumvirate member allied with senators against Caesar...ooooops

Famed for his wealth this king conquered mainland Ionia (yay!) but Cyrus the Great beat him & took over Lydia (rats!)