MAPS OF HISTORY · The Mongol Empire · ALL CHAPTERS · 1221
The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294 · THE MAP IN 1221
1221 — Khwarazm annihilated
WHAT CHANGES ON THE MAP
| Persia (Khwarazm, then Ilkhanate) | The Islamic powers → The Mongol Empire |
| Khwarazm & Khorasan (mod. Turkmenistan) | The Islamic powers → The Mongol Empire |
| Transoxiana (mod. Uzbekistan) | The Islamic powers → The Mongol Empire |
| Badakhshan (mod. Tajikistan) | The Islamic powers → The Mongol Empire |
| Herat, Balkh & Ghur (mod. Afghanistan) | The Islamic powers → The Mongol Empire |
| Semirechye — Kara-Khitai (mod. Kyrgyzstan) | Beyond the storm → The Mongol Empire |
ON THE GROUND
- the Khwarazmian cities belt — sacked and depopulated, 1219–21
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