Samarkand, Tamerlane's capital, was a major city on the great Silk Road that linked these two worlds, and much of this complex cultural and religious history is embodied in the small jade cup that ...

NORFOLK, Va., July 2. -- Frank Maier's yawl Tamerlane, built especially to contest in the ocean race of the Brooklyn Yacht Club from Gravesend Bay to Hampton Roads, won the Challenge Cup ...