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Battle site · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
Samarkand
Mar 1220 — The shah’s capital, garrisoned by 40,000, surrenders in days; the walls are pulled down, the craftsmen deported east by the thousand. The shah himself is already running west with Jebe and Subötai on his trail.
This is one scene of Chapter 4 — The Khwarazm Catastrophe in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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