Kingdom of Alania

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The Alans created a kingdom independent from the Khazars in the late 9th century.

Establishment

January 901: The Kingdom of Alania was a medieval kingdom of the Iranian Alans (proto-Ossetians) that flourished in the Northern Caucasus, roughly in the location of latter-day Circassia and modern North Ossetia-Alania, from its independence from the Khazars in the late 9th century.

Chronology

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1. Georgian-Seljuk wars

Were a series of military conflicts between the Seljuk Empire and its vassals against the Kingdom of Georgia.

1.1.Georgian Reconquista

Were a series of military campaigns by the Kingdom of Georgia to reconquer lands controlled by the Seljukids and their vassals.

January 1121: Georgian expansion by 1120 AD.

April 1121: In the winter of 1120-1121 the Georgian troops successfully attacked the Seljuk settlements on the eastern and southwestern approaches to the Transcaucasus.

2. 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.

2.1.Invasions of Georgia

Was the Mongol invasion of Georgia, in the Caucasus.

June 1223: The Mongols marched through the Caucasus into Alania and the South Russian steppes where they routed the Rus’-Kipchak armies at the Battle of the Kalka River.

July 1223: The Mongols marched through the Caucasus into Alania and the South Russian steppes where they routed the Rus’-Kipchak armies at the Battle of the Kalka River.

January 1239: The Mongols captured the Alania capital Maghas in 1238.