Khwarezmid Dynasty

State · 1094–1201 CE · at its largest around 1094 CE

The Anushtegin line of shahs of Khwarezm, south of the Aral Sea, who began as Seljuk governors and broke free to build their own empire.

On its lands while it lasted

• Silk Road (c. 130 BCE – c. 1450 CE): A network of overland caravan routes linking China with Central Asia, Persia and the Mediterranean, along which silk, spices, horses, religions, technologies and diseases travelled for more than 1,500 years.
• Khwarazmian Empire (1077–1231 CE): Turko-Persian empire centred on Gurganj in Khwarazm that dominated Central Asia and Iran before its destruction by the Mongols.

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