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1205
Mongols invade Tangut kingdom
The Mongolian empire starts to invade northern China which started their campaigns against other nations -
1206
United Mongolian forces
Genghis Khan unites all the Mongolian tribes and establishes the Mongolian empire -
1209
Tanguet king bows to Mongols
The Xi Xia king allied himself with the Mongols to avoid being completely conquered -
1218
Mongolia keeps conquering
A state in eastern Turkistan named Khara-Khitai was conquered and assimilated by the Mongol empire -
1218
Beijing falls China left defenseless
After Beijing fell to the Mongols all the territory north of the yellow river had been conquered -
1219
War in west Turkistan
The assassination of multiple Muslim people of the Mongol empire lead to Mongolia striking back against the sultanate of Khwārezm -
1221
Cities and capitals sacked by Mongols
Bukhara, Samarkand, and the capital of Uzbekistan, Urgench were conquered by the Mongols but not before they were sacked, of course. -
1223
Mongols in Russia
While Mongolian troops were invading some of them stumbled into Russia and proceeded to sack some more cities. -
1225
West Turkestan absorbed by Mongols
Sultanate of Khwārezm was defeated and the Mongols conquered their land -
1227
Destructive campaign against Xi Xia
Xi Xia refused to help the Mongols with exploring Khwārezm so the Mongols destroyed their irrigation system and sacked their villages -
1227
Death of Genghis Kahn
Genghis Khan died in his bed which made the soldiers of the current campaign so volatile they nearly wiped out the Xi Xia culture. -
1229
New leader
Genghis Khan's son Ögödei takes over the empire and expands it to the Caspian sea. -
1240
Batu cannot be stopped
One of Genghis Khan's grandsons named Batu lead multiple successful campaigns in Russia and sacked and burned their lands -
1241
The death of Ögödei
Ögödei died while drinking and all Mongolian leaders immediately dropped what they were doing to come back and pay their respects. Also to become the next great Khan. -
1242
Ögödei widow takes over
After the death of Ögödei, his widow took over to prevent infighting for the title of the great Khan which lasted for 4 years. Then her son Güyük becomes great Khan. -
1248
Yet another great khan
Möngke takes over after his father Güyük dies and is the last Khan to rule from central Mongolia -
1259
The mongol empire splits
after much political infighting the lands that Genghis Khan conquered were split into multiple separate kingdoms -
1260
Mongols move capital, and a new Khan
after a failed invasion of Egypt the brother of Möngke, Kublai moves the capital of Mongolia to modern day Beijing, but he wanted to be an emperor rather then a great Khan so he started the Yuan dynasty and called himself a Chinese emperor. -
1279
Pax Mongolica
After so much war no one dared to mess with the Mongolian empire and it became a time of peace within the Mongolian empire -
1368
The Mongolian kingdoms fall
The Yuan kingdom fell which marked the fall of all 4 major Mongolian kingdoms