Khwarezmia

Khwarezmia (also with various alternate spellings, including Chorasmia and Khorezm) was a state located on what was then the coast of the Aral Sea, including modern Karakalpakstan across the Ust-Urt plateau and perhaps extending to as far west as the eastern shores of the North Caspian Sea. To the south it bordered Khorasan, to the north the kingdom of Alans, to the southeast Kangju and Sogdian Transoxiana, and on the northeast with the Huns of Transiaxartesia. Its capitals were Urgench (until Genghis Khan's invasion in 1221) and Khiva (from the 17th century on).

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Aral Sea - Karakalpakstan - Ust-Urt - Caspian Sea - Khorasan - Alans - Kangju - Sogdian - Transoxiana - Huns - Transiaxartesia - Urgench - Genghis Khan - 1221 - Khiva - 17th century

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