Mongol Conquests

Mongol conquests

Expansion of the Mongol Empire

Date	1206- 1324
Location	Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia
Result	Mongol victory and defeat

Belligerents

Commanders

Caliph Al-Musta'sim
Hōjō Tokimune
Qalawun
Kitbuqa
Thihathu
Bela IV of Hungary
Danilo of Halych
Shah Mohammed of Khworezm
Henry of Silesia

Strength

11,000,000

around 250,000 - 300,000 in the beginning plus more Turks, Chinese, Koreans, Alans, Jurchens, Persians, Armenians and Georgians as conquests went on.

Casualties and losses

Generally very heavy including massacre

Generally light to medium in open warfare, but in oceans or prolonged fights against fortified cities little more

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Timeline of the Mongol Empire. (Discuss)

The Mongol invasions (also Turco-Mongol^[1]) progressed throughout the 13th century, resulting in the vast Mongol Empire covering much of Asia and Eastern Europe by 1300.

The Mongol Empire emerged in the course of the 13th century by a series of conquests and invasions throughout Central and Western Asia, reaching Eastern Europe by the 1240s. The speed and extent of territorial expansion parallels the Hunnic/Turkic conquests of the Migration period (the 6th century Turkic Khaganate).

The territorial gains of the Mongols persisted into the 15th century in Persia (Timurid dynasty) and in Russia (Tatar and Mongol raids), and into the 19th century in India (the Mughal Empire).

References

^ Morgan, David. The Mongols. Blackwell Publishing, 1990. [1]: "The tribes of Mongolia in the twelfth century have to be described as 'Turko-Mongol' since it is by no means clear in all cases which were Turkish and which Mongol."