Mongol Empire · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Siege of Gurganj (1221)
On the Mongol Empire map as “Gurganj (Urgench)”
1221 — Khwarazm’s richest city resists for months and is destroyed house by house; the chronicles say the Amu Darya was turned through the ruins. The wealth of the Silk Road’s northern hub simply ceases to exist. Remember the artisans marched east and the rest not marched anywhere.
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- Mongol invasion of Khwarazm (chapter 4 of Mongol Empire)
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- The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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