Mongol conquestsWars and battles
Siege of Samarkand
The Khwarazmshah’s capital, cut off after the fall of Bukhara, surrendered to the Mongols in March 1220; the defenders of the citadel held out for about another month.
- Date
- March 1220month known
- Place
- Samarkandtoday: Samarkand, Uzbekistan · Central and Northern Asia
- Participants
- Mongol Empire, Khwarazmian Empire, Genghis Khan
- Threads
- Mongol conquests
- Also known as
- Осада Самарканда
Connections
Part of
- Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire1219–1221 · Central and Northern Asia
Same participants
- Siege of BukharaFebruary 1220 · Central and Northern Asiavia Mongol Empire
Same place
- Shaybani Khan destroys the Timurid Empire1500 – 27 May 1507 · Central and Northern Asia
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within 5 years of this event
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- Fourth Council of the Lateran11–30 November 1215
- Magna Carta15 June 1215
Eastern Europe
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- Battle of Lipitsabetween 21 April and 22 April 1216
Africa
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South Asia
- Battle of the Indusbetween 24 November and 9 December 1221
East Asia
- Fall of Zhongdubetween April and June 1215
Southeast Asia and Oceania
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