Mongol campaigns in Central Asia

Asia
Burma	First; Second;
Central Asia	Qara Khitai; Khwarezm;
China	Western Xia; Jin; Eastern Xia; Song;
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Other; invasions	India; Japan; Java; Korea; Sakhalin; Siberia; Tibet; Vietnam;
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Mongol invasion of Central Asia
	Part of the Mongol conquests
Date	1209–1236
Location	Xianjiang, Central Asia, Afghanistan
Result	Mongol victory Peaceful and voluntary submission of Qocho and the Karluks; Destruction of remnant Merkit and Naimans; Annexation of the Qara Khitai Khanate; Conquest of the Khwarazmian dynasty; Conquest of Cumania;
Territorial; changes	Mongol Empire gains control most of Central Asia
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Mongol campaigns in Central Asia occurred after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes on the Mongolian plateau in 1206. Smaller military operations of the Mongol Empire in Central Asia included the destruction of surviving Merkit and Naimans (which involved forays into Cumania) and the conquest of Qara Khitai. These were followed by a major campaign against Khwarazm. Expansion into Central Asia began in 1209 as Genghis Khan sent an expedition to pursue rivals who had fled to the region and threatened his new empire.^[2] The Uyghur kingdom Qocho and leaders of the Karluks submitted voluntarily to the Mongol Empire and married into the imperial family. By 1218 the Mongols controlled all of Xinjiang and by 1221 all the territories of the former Khwarazmian Empire. In 1236, the Mongols defeated the eastern portions of Cumania and swept into Eastern Europe.

^ John Man, "Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection", February 6, 2007. Page 180.
^ May, Timothy (May 2008). "The Mongol Empire in World History". World History Connected. 5 (2). University of Illinois Press.

[1] John Man, "Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection", February 6, 2007. Page 180.

[2] May, Timothy (May 2008). "The Mongol Empire in World History". World History Connected. 5 (2). University of Illinois Press.

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