Principality of Kiev (Mongol Empire)
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The Mongol invasion of Rus' left the Principality of Kyiv in a severely ruined state. Following the invasion, it was now under the formal suzerainty of the Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, Alexander Nevsky, who in turn was a vassal to the Mongols (and from 1260 to the successor state of the Mongol Empire in the area, the Golden Horde).
Establishment
- January 1241: The Mongol invasion of Rus' left the Principality of Kyiv in a severely ruined state. Following the invasion, it was now under the formal suzerainty of the Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, Alexander Nevsky, who in turn was a vassal to the Mongols.
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.
1.1. Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered the Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century.
- January 1241: The Mongol invasion of Rus' left the Principality of Kyiv in a severely ruined state. Following the invasion, it was now under the formal suzerainty of the Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, Alexander Nevsky, who in turn was a vassal to the Mongols.
- January 1243: In 1242, Daniel of Galicia captured Kyiv in an attempt to become the Grand Prince of all Rus.
- January 1244: The Galician troops were driven out of Kyiv.
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.
Disestablishment
- January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
Selected Sources
- Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164