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Mongol Conquests

Vast Mongol campaigns that created the largest contiguous land empire and transformed Eurasian political geography.

Timeline
1206-1368
Duration
163 years
Region
Eurasia
Record
Static archive

Historical overview

Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.

The Mongol conquests created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Mongol campaigns transformed China, Central Asia, Persia, Rus lands and parts of eastern Europe.

Theater countries

MongoliaChinaRussiaIranIraqUkrainePolandHungary

Actors

Mongol EmpireJin and Song dynastiesKhwarazmian EmpireRus principalitiesIslamic states

Tags

empireconquesteurasia

Border context

1100-1299historical border era

Crusader and Mongol age

Crusades, Mongol expansion and regional state-building connect European, Middle Eastern and Asian war zones.

Mongol campaigns transform Eurasia. Crusader and Mamluk frontiers dominate the eastern Mediterranean.
1300-1499historical border era

Late medieval dynastic wars

Dynastic, imperial and state-forming wars reshape Europe, Anatolia, Central Asia and East Asia.

The Hundred Years' War reshapes France and England. Ottoman expansion ends Byzantine rule.

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