Visual Timeline: Mongol Warfare

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1205 CE: The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.
 
1205 CE - 1255 CE: Life of the Mongol military commander and grandson of Genghis Khan, Batu Khan.
 
1206 CE - 1368 CE: The Mongol Empire rules in Central and East Asia.
 
 
1206 CE - 1227 CE: Reign of Genghis Khan as the ruler of the Mongol Empire.
 
 
1209 CE: The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.
 
 
1209 CE: The Mongols attack the Tangut state of Xi Xia.
 
 
1211 CE: The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.
 
 
1212 CE - 1215 CE: The Mongols attack Song China, sacking over 90 cities.
 
 
1214 CE: The Jurchen Jin state signs a short-lived peace treaty with the Mongol Empire and is obliged to pay tribute.
 
 
1215 CE: The Mongols attack the Tangut state of Xi Xia.
 
 
1215 CE: The Mongols sack Beijing.
 
 
1215 CE: The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.
 
 
1218 CE - 1220 CE: The Mongols attack the Khwarazm Empire in Central Asia.
 
 
1219 CE: A Goryeo army allies with the Mongols to attack the Khitan in northern Korea.
 
 
1221 CE: The Mongols attack northern Afghanistan.
 
 
1223 CE: The Mongols defeat an army of the Kievan Rus at Kalka.
 
 
1229 CE - 1241 CE: Reign of Ogedei Khan as the ruler of the Mongol Empire.
 
 
1230 CE - 1231 CE: The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin State.
 
 
1231 CE - 1232 CE: Ogedei Khan leads a Mongol invasion into Korea.
 
 
1233 CE: Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin State, falls after a lengthy siege by the Mongols.
 
 
1234 CE: The Mongols attack and conquer the Jurchen Jin State in northern China.
 
 
1235 CE: The Mongols invade northern Iraq and western Asia
 
 
1236 CE - 1242 CE: Multiple Mongol armies attack western Asia, Russia, Poland, and Hungary.
 
 
1237 CE: The city of Ryazan (Riazan) is besieged and captured by the Mongols.
 
 
1238 CE: The Mongols invade Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia.
 
 
1238 CE: The Mongols capture the city of Vladimir.
 
 
1238 CE: The Mongols capture the city of Torshok.
 
 
1240 CE: The Mongols capture Kiev.
 
 
1241 CE: The Mongols defeat an army led by Henry the Pious, the Duke of Silesia, near Liegnitz (Legnica).
 
 
1241 CE: The Mongols defeat an army led by Bela IV, king of Hungary, at the Battle of Mohi.
 
 
1241 CE: The Mongols capture Buda and Pest.
 
 
1241 CE: The Mongols capture the great city of Gran (Esztergom) in Hungary.
 
 
1253 CE - 1260 CE: A Mongol army led by Hulegu invades Persia and the Middle East.
 
 
1256 CE: The Mongols defeat the Ismailis (aka the Assassins) in Persia.
 
 
1257 CE: The Mongols invade Vietnam.
 
 
1257 CE: The Mongols conquer the Dali kingdom in southern China.
 
 
1258 CE: An uprising restores the monarchy in Korea and makes peace with the Mongol Empire.
 
 
1258 CE: The Mongols conquer the Abbasid Caliphate. During this campaign there is the infamous sacking of Baghdad and murder of the caliph.
 
 
1259 CE: The Mongols besiege and capture Aleppo in Syria.
 
 
1260 CE - 1294 CE: Reign of Kublai Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire.
 
1260 CE: Battle of Ain Jalut; Mongol advance to the heartland of Islam is halted.
 
 
1260 CE - 1264 CE: Kublai Khan fights a civil war with his brother Ariq Boke for control of the Mongol Empire.
 
 
1262 CE: Kublai Khan captures Karakorum after his rival Ariq Boke (1219-1266 CE) used it as his base.
 
 
1268 CE: Kublai Khan resumes the Mongol attacks on Song Dynasty China.
 
 
1270 CE: Part of northern Korea is conquered by the Mongol Empire.
 
 
1273 CE: Xiangyang falls into Mongol hands.
 
 
1275 CE - 1279 CE: The Mongols led by Kublai Khan attack and conquer the last remnants of Song China.
 
 
1276 CE: Lin'an, the capital of the Song Dynasty, is captured by a Mongol army.
 
 
1277 CE: The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty invade Burma.
 
 
1279 CE: The Mongols complete their conquest of Song Dynasty China with victory at the naval battle at Yaishan.
 
 
1281 CE: The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty China invade Vietnam for a second time.
 
 
1286 CE: The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty China re-invade Vietnam.
 
 
1287 CE: The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty China re-invade Burma.
 
 
1292 CE: A Mongol/Yuan Dynasty naval force attacks Java.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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