Skip to content
eventVerified

Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack

In 1220 Samarkand fell as a separate urban sack in Chinggis Khan's Khwarezm war. In the causal graph this event strengthens Forced-Displacement Scale, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

Read the full account

In 1220 Samarkand fell as a separate urban sack in Chinggis Khan's Khwarezm war. Later encyclopaedias date it after Bukhara. Genghis Khan's documented role is: He took Samarkand after Bukhara. Craftsmen were levied; others were killed or scattered as later told.

Context

Sharing the capture with sons commanding wings is required. The setting of Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack is the public file around 1220-03-01. Driver forced-displacement-scale is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Craftsmen deportation is stored on its own labour Fact. Mixed effects of Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack are separate paths.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack on 1220-03-01. Fall of Samarkand is a displacement path, twin of craftsmen-levy on a labour row. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

Who was responsible

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

  • Genghis Khan

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.6 · verified

    He took Samarkand after Bukhara. Craftsmen were levied; others were killed or scattered as later told.

What changed

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

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

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

Official locator: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Samarqand, Mongol conquest neighbourhood at https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Iranica). Independent locator: Britannica — Mongol empire, Transoxiana at https://www.britannica.com/place/Mongol-empire (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Samarqand, Mongol conquest neighbourhood (https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Iranica). Independent carrier: Britannica — Mongol empire, Transoxiana (https://www.britannica.com/place/Mongol-empire (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack under 1220-03-01 for Genghis Khan. Established: a sourced public record of Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack under 1220-03-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack. Naming Genghis Khan does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1220-03-01 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.

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

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

Causal path

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

  1. ActorGenghis Khan
  2. contributed toFactSamarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack
  3. strengthensDriverForced-Displacement Scale
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Samarkand falls in the same Khwarezm year as a separate urban sack. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-samarkand-1220

https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-samarkand-1220

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

Dispute this factNamed here, or represent someone who is? Request a right of reply.