Mongol Warfare Timeline

The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.

Life of the Mongol military commander and grandson of Genghis Khan, Batu Khan.

The Mongol Empire rules in Central and East Asia.

Reign of Genghis Khan as the ruler of the Mongol Empire.

The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.

The Mongols attack the Tangut state of Xi Xia.

The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.

The Mongols attack Song China, sacking over 90 cities.

The Jurchen Jin state signs a short-lived peace treaty with the Mongol Empire and is obliged to pay tribute.

The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin state in northern China.

The Mongols attack the Tangut state of Xi Xia.

The Mongols sack Beijing.

The Mongols attack the Khwarazm Empire in Central Asia.

A Goryeo army allies with the Mongols to attack the Khitan in northern Korea.

The Mongols attack northern Afghanistan.

The Mongols defeat a Russian army at Kalka.

Reign of Ogedei Khan as the ruler of the Mongol Empire.

The Mongols attack the Jurchen Jin State.

Ogedei Khan leads a Mongol invasion into Korea.

Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin State, falls after a lengthy siege by the Mongols.

The Mongols attack and conquer the Jurchen Jin State in northern China.

The Mongols invade northern Iraq and western Asia

Multiple Mongol armies attack western Asia, Russia, Poland, and Hungary.

The city of Ryazan (Riazan) is besieged and captured by the Mongols.

The Mongols invade Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia.

The Mongols capture the city of Vladimir.

The Mongols capture the city of Torshok.

The Mongols capture Kiev.

The Mongols defeat an army led by Henry the Pious, the Duke of Silesia, near Liegnitz (Legnica).

The Mongols defeat an army led by Bela IV, king of Hungary, at the Battle of Mohi.

The Mongols capture Buda and Pest.

The Mongols capture the great city of Gran (Esztergom) in Hungary.

A Mongol army led by Hulegu invades Persia and the Middle East.

The Mongols defeat the Ismailis (aka the Assassins) in Persia.

The Mongols invade Vietnam.

The Mongols conquer the Dali kingdom in southern China.

An uprising restores the monarchy in Korea and makes peace with the Mongol Empire.

The Mongols conquer the Abbasid Caliphate. During this campaign there is the infamous sacking of Baghdad and murder of the caliph.

The Mongols besiege and capture Aleppo in Syria.

Reign of Kublai Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire.

Kublai Khan fights a civil war with his brother Ariq Boke for control of the Mongol Empire.

Battle of Ain Jalut; Mongol advance to the heartland of Islam is halted.

Kublai Khan captures Karakorum after his rival nAriq Boke (1219-1266 CE) used it as his base.

Kublai Khan resumes the Mongol attacks on Song Dynasty China.

Part of northern Korea is conquered by the Mongol Empire.

Xiangyang falls into Mongol hands.

The Mongols led by Kublai Khan attack and conquer the last remnants of Song China.

Lin'an, the capital of the Song Dynasty, is captured by a Mongol army.

The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty invade Burma.

The Mongols complete their conquest of Song Dynasty China with victory at the naval battle at Yaishan.

The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty China invade Vietnam for a second time.

The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty China re-invade Vietnam.

The Mongols/Yuan Dynasty China re-invade Burma.

A Mongol/Yuan Dynasty naval force attacks Java.