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The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
Every chapter, map and battle — indexed
The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294 is an interactive situation map: 12 guided chapters, 16 dated map states, and 44 battles, turning points and sites of memory, each drawn where it happened. This page is the card catalog — every piece of the atlas as a readable, linkable page.
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THE CHAPTERS
The World of the Steppe
CHAPTER 1 · 1206
Temüjin Becomes Genghis Khan
CHAPTER 2 · 1207
The Fall of North China
CHAPTER 3 · 1216
The Khwarazm Catastrophe
CHAPTER 4 · 1222
The Great Raid
CHAPTER 5 · 1224
The Storm on the West
CHAPTER 6 · 1241
The Machinery of Empire
CHAPTER 7 · 1255
The Hammer on Islam
CHAPTER 8 · 1260
The Family War
CHAPTER 9 · 1265
Khubilai and the Song
CHAPTER 10 · 1279
The Limits of the World
CHAPTER 11 · 1282
The Long Shadow
CHAPTER 12 · 1295
THE MAP, YEAR BY YEAR
BATTLES, EVENTS & SITES OF MEMORY
● A yam waystation✕ Ain Jalut● Alamut surrenders● Ambaghai Khan betrayed✕ Bolghar✕ Bukhara✕ Bạch Đằng◆ Caffa● Delhi holds✕ Diaoyu fortress✕ Fall of Zhongdu● Goryeo comes to terms◆ Gurganj (Urgench)✕ Hakata Bay◆ Hungary’s ruin✕ Kaifeng falls✕ Kalka River● Karakorum◆ Kozelsk✕ Köse Dağ✕ Legnica◆ Merv✕ Mohi◆ Nishapur✕ Otrar● Pagan falls✕ Parwan✕ Ryazan✕ Samarkand● Shangdu (Xanadu)● Tabriz● The Baljuna Covenant✕ The Indus● The Orkhon valley● The Polos sail✕ The Terek◆ The end of Xi Xia◆ The fall of Baghdad● The kurultai of 1206◆ The sack of Kiev✕ Vladimir✕ Xiangyang✕ Yamen✕ Yehuling (Wild Fox Ridge)
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