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   Persian Empire

   In 1218, Genghis Khan sent ambassadors and merchants to the city of Otrar, on the northeastern confines of the Khwarizm shahdom.
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   Genghis Khan

   Genghis Khan then sent again a second group of ambassadors to meet the Shah himself.
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   Mongol Empire

   Genghis Khan and his family supplied them with capital and sent to Khorazm. ... Europe's knowledge of the known world was immensely expanded by the information brought back by ambassadors and merchants.
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   Mongol invasion of Central Asia

   Genghis Khan then sent a second group of three ambassadors (one Muslim and two Mongols) to meet the shah himself and demand the caravan at Otrar be set free and the governor be handed over for punishment. The shah had both of the Mongols shaved and had the Muslim beheaded before sending them back to Genghis Khan.
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   Mongol invasions of India

   After defeating Jalal ad-Din at the Battle of Indus in 1221, Genghis Khan sent two tumens to pursue him.
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   Battle of the Kalka River

   | Kalka River – Ryazan – Sit River – Kiev – Blue Waters – Vozha – Kulikovo – Moscow – Vorskla – Ugra River | | | Background In 1219, in retaliation for the murders of his ambassadors, the Mongol Khan, Genghis Khan, invaded the Khwarezmian Empire. ... The goal of the Mongols was not to conquer the country but to plunder it, and the Kurds and Turcoman freebooters were sent off in the vanguard.
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   Nomadic empire

   After Genghis Khan ... He dined with a large court every day, and met with many ambassadors, foreign merchants, and even offered to convert to Christianity if this religion was proved to be correct by 100 priests.
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   Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

   Belief in diplomatic immunity for ambassadors/envoys ... Genghis Khan is said to have "introduced regular censuses".
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   Franco-Mongol alliance

   Abaqa received responses from Rome and from Jaume I of Aragon, who sent an ambassador to Abaqa in the person of Jayme Alaric de Perpignan. ... ↑ Weatherford, Genghis Khan, p. 181.
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    History of the Song Dynasty

    Skilled ambassadors were sent on missions to court the Liao Dynasty and maintain peace, ambassadors such as the renowned horologist, engineer, and state minister Su Song. ... Portrait of Genghis Khan, who initiated the first Mongol invasions of China.

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• Persian Empire,
• Genghis Khan,
• Mongol Empire,
• Mongol invasion of Central Asia,
• Mongol invasions of India,
• Battle of the Kalka River,
• Nomadic empire,
• Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,
• Franco-Mongol alliance,
• History of the Song Dynasty