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

Date: 1220

## The fact

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

Garrison massacre stories sit in the same file. 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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [forced-displacement-scale](/drivers/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Samarqand, Mongol conquest neighbourhood (https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan; Encyclopaedia Iranica).

## Significance

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.

The attached driver is forced-displacement-scale. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

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.

## People

- Genghis Khan: https://factrail.ai/people/genghis-khan

## Drivers

- Forced-Displacement Scale: https://factrail.ai/drivers/forced-displacement-scale

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/place/Mongol-empire
- https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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