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Conflict Middle East

Khwarezmian Empire Expansion

1141 CE – 1218 CE · 77 years

Starting as Seljuk vassals, the Khwarezmshahs asserted independence under Atsiz, defeated the last Great Seljuk sultan Toghrul III in 1194, broke the Ghurids in 1215, and under Muhammad II absorbed the Kara-Khanids to become the dominant Muslim power on the eve of the Mongol onslaught.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Khwarezmian Empire (Atsiz, Tekish, Ala ad-Din Muhammad II)
  • Great Seljuk Sultanate (Ahmad Sanjar, Toghrul III)
  • Ghurid Sultanate
  • Kara-Khitan / Kara-Khanid successors

Key moments

Defining events in the Khwarezmian Empire Expansion.

  1. 1194 Battle of Rey
  2. 1210 Conquest of Samarkand
  3. 1215 Defeat of the Ghurids

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch

200 BCE – 1500 CE

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Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1141 CE and 1218 CE.

1142 CE Krak des Chevaliers 1157 CE Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum 1181 CE Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela 1181 CE Lalibela Rock Churches 1187 CE Battle of Hattin 1156 CE The Kremlin

And in the rest of the world

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

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