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Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm

In 1221 Gurganj was destroyed after a long siege in Chinggis Khan's war. Genghis Khan's documented role is: His sons took Gurganj after dispute and siege. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm
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In 1221 Gurganj was destroyed after a long siege in Chinggis Khan's war. Later files mention broken waterworks. Unique flooded acreage is not supplied. Genghis Khan's documented role is: His sons took Gurganj after dispute and siege. Dykes and waterworks were broken in the received file.

Context

Jochi, Chagatai, and Ögedei share the siege in the received quarrel-and-command story. Sharing it with them is required. The setting of Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm is the public file around 1221-01-01. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm on 1221-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Genghis Khan

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.56 · verified

    His sons took Gurganj after dispute and siege. Dykes and waterworks were broken in the received file.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactGurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.55 · Effect from 1 January 1221 · verified

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.33 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — KhwarezmEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Encyclopaedia Iranica — Čengīz KhanEncyclopaedia Iranica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Khwarezm, Gurganj neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/place/Khwarezm (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Gorganj / Urgench neighbourhood at https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Iranica). Official carrier: Britannica — Khwarezm, Gurganj neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/place/Khwarezm (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Gorganj / Urgench neighbourhood (https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Iranica).

Established: a sourced public record of Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm under 1221-01-01 for Genghis Khan. Established: a sourced public record of Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm under 1221-01-01.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm. Naming Genghis Khan does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1221-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGenghis Khan
  2. contributed toFactGurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Gurganj is destroyed after a long siege, including received irrigation harm. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-gurganj-1221

https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-gurganj-1221

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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