Kingdom of Western Georgia (Mongol Empire)

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Establishment

• January 1248: In 1247 Mongol khagan Güyük Khan made split the Kingdom of Georgia in an eastern and western part.

Chronology

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1. Mongol invasions and conquests

Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

• January 1248: In 1247 Mongol khagan Güyük Khan made split the Kingdom of Georgia in an eastern and western part.

2. Mongol Civil Wars

Were a series of wars between the successor states of the Mongol Empire.

2.1. Toluid Civil War

Was a war of succession over the Mongol Empire fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264.

2.1.1. Division of the Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire fragmented into four successor states at the beginning of the Toluid Civil War.

• January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
• January 1261: Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagrationi royal family held the crown. This started in 1260 after David VI revolted against Mongolian rule and fled to Abkhazia.

Disestablishment

• January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
• January 1261: Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagrationi royal family held the crown. This started in 1260 after David VI revolted against Mongolian rule and fled to Abkhazia.

Selected Sources

• Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164