Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/mongol-invasion-of-the-khwarazmian-empire

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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1. What is the invasion period?1219-1221 CE
2. What is the mongol commander-in-chief?Genghis Khan
3. What happened when Genghis Khan met the Khwarazmian Empire?The Mongols marched across the land, captured big cities like Bukhara and Samarkand, and eventually destroyed the Khwarazmian Empire.
4. Why did the Mongols attack the Khwarazmian Empire?The Khwarazmian king killed a Mongol diplomat, breaking peace and giving Genghis Khan a reason to fight.

Casus Belli: An act or event that provokes or is used to justify a war.
Transoxiana: A historical region located in Central Asia, between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers.
Scorched-Earth Policy: A military tactic that involves destroying anything that might be useful to an enemy army.
Ilkhanate and Chagatai Khanate: Successor states that emerged after the division of the Mongol Empire, ruling over Persia and Central Asia respectively.