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Conflict

Kara-Khitan (Western Liao) Conquests

1124 CE – 1218 CE · 94 years

After the fall of the Liao to the Jurchen Jin, Yelü Dashi led the remnant Khitans westward, founding the Western Liao and crushing the Seljuks at Qatwan in 1141 to dominate Transoxiana until the Mongols destroyed the realm in 1218.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kara-Khitan / Western Liao (Yelü Dashi)
  • Seljuk Empire (Ahmad Sanjar)
  • Kara-Khanid Khanate
  • Mongol Empire (Jebe)

Key moments

Defining events in the Kara-Khitan (Western Liao) Conquests.

  1. 1134 Conquest of Balasagun
  2. 9 September 1141 Battle of Qatwan
  3. 1218 Mongol defeat of Kuchlug

Running at the same time

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Landmark

Nan Madol

1180 CE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

Figure · Rhineland

Hildegard of Bingen

1098 CE – 1179 CE

Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Cuman Khanates

Attested 1200 CE

Conflict

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1124 CE and 1218 CE.

1180 CE Nan Madol 1206 CE Mongol Conquests 1135 CE The Anarchy 1137 CE St. Stephen's Cathedral 1142 CE Krak des Chevaliers 1156 CE The Kremlin

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Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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