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   Decline of Buddhism in India

   In 1215, Genghis Khan conquered Afghanistan and devastated the Muslim world.
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   Decline of Hinduism in Pakistan

   In 1215, Genghis Khan conquered Afghanistan and devastated the Muslim world.
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   Genghis Khan

   He would even have his mother adopt orphans from the conquered tribe, bringing them into his family. ... Genghis Khan led a division on a raid through Afghanistan and northern India, while another contingent marched through the Caucasus and into Russia.
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   History of Turkmenistan

   In the 1370’s, the Mongol leader Timur The Lame (known as Tamerlane in Europe), a self-proclaimed descendant of Genghis Khan, conquered Turkmen states once more and established the short lived Timurid Empire, which collapsed after Timur's death in 1405, when Turkmens became independent once again. ... More than a million Turkmen fled into exile in Afghanistan or Iran.
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   Afghanistan

   Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan after 330 BCE. ... In 1219 the region was overrun by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, who devastated the land.
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   History of Mongolia

   | Before Genghis Khan | ... The Mughal Empire fractured into several lesser states in the 18th century and was conquered by the British Empire in 1858.
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   Turkmen people

   Mongol hordes led by Genghis Khan conquered the area between 1219 to 1221 and devastated many of the cities which led to a rapid decline of the remaining Iranian urban population. ... ↑ CIA World Factbook Afghanistan
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   History of Afghanistan

   Led by Genghis Khan, the invasion resulted in massive slaughter of the population, destruction of many cities, including Herat, Ghazni, and Balkh, and the despoliation of fertile agricultural areas. ... HISTORY: For Ages, Afghanistan Is Not Easily Conquered, New York Times, 9/18/2001
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   History of Iran

   Genghis' grandson, Hulagu Khan, was tasked with expanding the Mongol empire in Iran in 1255. ... He was one of the last great conquerors of Asia and in a short period conquered Afghanistan and India and giving a huge boost to Iran's economy.
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    Nomadic empire

    After Genghis Khan ... Timur conquered large parts of Transoxiana (in modern day Central Asia) and Khorasan (in modern day Iran and Afghanistan) from 1363 onwards with various alliances (Samarqand in 1366, and Balkh in 1369), and was recognized as ruler over them in 1370.

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• History of Iran,
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