How the Mongols ERASED the Khwarazmian Empire | Samarkand (1220)
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How the Mongols ERASED the Khwarazmian Empire | Samarkand (1220) tells the full story of the Khwarazmian collapse—starting with the Otrar massacre in 1218, the humiliation of Mongol ambassadors, and ending with the siege and fall of Samarkand in March 1220. You’ll see how Genghis Khan turned one diplomatic insult into total war, why Shah Muhammad II’s strategy of scattering forces doomed his empire, and how the Mongols used speed, siege engineers, psychological warfare, and a deadly field trap to shatter Samarkand’s defenses—even with war elephants in the battle.
In this episode, we break down:
The Otrar incident: 450 merchants executed and the Silk Road caravan stolen
The embassy insult that made war inevitable
The Mongol four-army strategy (Jochi, Chagatai & Ögedei, Jebe & Subutai, and Genghis Khan)
The “impossible” Kyzyl Kum Desert march to appear behind enemy lines
The siege weapons, terror tactics, and propaganda that crushed morale
The war elephant sortie—and how the Mongols trapped and destroyed it
Why Samarkand surrendered, and why its garrison was executed anyway
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