1215
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Invaded the northern Jin empire
1221
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The Mongols destroyed one city after another--utrar, Samarkand, Bukhara-- and slaughtered many inhabitant. By 1221 central Asia was under Mongol control.
About 50 years after 1227
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Genghis Khan died in 1227-- not from violence, but from illness. His successors, however, continued to expand his empire. In less than 50 years, the Mongols conquered territory from China to Poland.
1260
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By 1260, the Mongol Empire was divided into four large Khanates, each of them ruled by a descendant of Genghis.