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Genghis Khan conquered Turkestan

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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. ... In 1924, the Turkestan ASSR was dissolved, and the Turkmen SSR became one of the republics of the Soviet Union.
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    Mongol Empire

    Yet another force, the Kalmyk-Oyrats pushed out of the Baikal area in central Siberia, but failed to deliver much impact beyond Turkestan. ... "Genghis Khan Empire".
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    List of military commanders

    Qutayba ibn Muslim - conquered Turkestan ... It was he who brought the wrath of Genghis Khan to the Muslim world by killing his ambassadors
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    History of Mongolia

    Those Kidans established the Kara-Kitai Kaganate in Eastern Turkestan. ... With a purpose of testing the military strength of his state and preparing for a struggle against the Jin Dynasty, Genghis Khaan conquered the Tangut empire Xi-Xia, which pledged vassalage.
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    Decline of Hinduism in Pakistan

    In 1215, Genghis Khan conquered Afghanistan and devastated the Muslim world. ... Bactria, Parthia, Afghanistan, Gandhara and Chinese Turkestan (…) in all these countries Islam destroyed Buddhism.”
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    Nomadic empire

    After Genghis Khan ... Barthold, W. Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasion, T. Minorsky, (tr.), New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1992.
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    Turkmen people

    The modern Turkmen people descend, at least in part, from the Oghuz Turks of Transoxiana, the western portion of Turkestan, a region that largely corresponds to much of Central Asia as far east as Xinjiang. ... 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.
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    Franco-Mongol alliance

    Abaqa answered positively to Edward's request, but was also still busy with other conflicts in Turkestan. ... ↑ Newman, "Real History Behind the Templars" p. 174, about Grand Master Thomas Berard: "Under Genghis Khan, they [the Mongols] had already conquered much of China and were now moving into the ancient Persian Empire.
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    Uyghur people

    Finally all three states became vassals to Genghis Khan in 1209. ... The East Turkestan Islamic Movement claimed responsibility afterwards.
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    Turkestan

    The entire territory was held at various times by Turkic forces, such as the Göktürks until the conquest by Genghis Khan and the Mongols in 1220. ... Turkestan

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