Editing 1222 (section)

==== Asia ====
* The [[Ghurid dynasty]] capital of [[Firozkoh]] (in modern-day Afghanistan) is destroyed, by Mongol Emperor [[Ögedei Khan]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArdtAAAAMAAJ&q=1222+Firozkoh|title=Comprehensive History of the Jews of Iran: The Outset of the Diaspora|last=Lavī|first=Ḥabīb|publisher=Mazda Publishers|year=1999|isbn=9781568590868|location=Costa Mesa, CA|pages=32|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=58rrjM-6XksC&q=Firozkoh+mongol&pg=PA161|title=Chingiz Khan: The Life and Legacy of an Empire Builder|last=Haqqi|first=Anwarul Haque|publisher=Primus Books|year=2010|isbn=9788190891899|location=New Delhi|pages=161–162|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYaamE_3kD4C&q=Firozkoh+mongol&pg=PA16|title=The "Ancient Supremacy": Bukhara, Afghanistan and the Battle for Balkh, 1731-1901|last=Lee|first=Jonathan L.|publisher=BRILL|year=1996|isbn=9789004103993|series=Islamic History and Civilization: Studies and Texts|location=Leiden, New York, Köln|pages=14–16|language=en}}</ref>

* After the invasion and destruction of the [[Khwarezmian Empire]] in [[1221]],  [[Genghis Khan]] returns to Mongolia, and a rebellion sparks in [[Helmand]], to which the response is a large army led by [[Ögedei Khan]] sent into the region to put an end to the rebellion of Muhammad the Marghani, resulting in the killing of every man in [[Ghazni]] and [[Helmand]], and the enslavement and selling of most of the women of the region.

* Genghis Khan’s armies were said to have killed approximately 1.6 million people in the city of [[Herat]], in Northwestern Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/04/25/invaders-3 | title=Invaders | magazine=The New Yorker | date=April 18, 2005 | last1=Frazier | first1=Ian }}</ref>