High Middle Ages · Central Asia · War
1222
Mongols probe Georgia and the Caucasus
1222
Jebe and Subutai's reconnaissance-in-force, fresh from destroying the Khwarazmian Empire, swept through the Caucasus and shattered the Georgian army of Queen Rusudan at Garni. The kingdom that had been the strongest Christian power in the region was reduced to a Mongol tributary within a decade. The raiders then continued north around the Caspian, defeating Cumans and Rus alike before returning to report to Genghis Khan.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.