Note to moderator: Read the answerline carefully. Historical name required. This region’s ruler Tekish deposed the last Seljuk sultan. (-5[1])The sack of this region’s then-largest city of Gurganj (10[3])redirected its main river into the Uzboy. (-5[1])The destruction (-5[1])of this region’s Afrighid capital, (10[1])Kath, (-5[1])was described (-5[1])by its native historian, al-Biruni. (-5[1])This region’s (10[1])last Anushtegin ruler was Jalal (-5[1])ad-Din, (10[2]-5[1])who lost the Battle (-5[1])of the Indus; his father, nicknamed the “second Alexander,” had died (-5[1])after fleeing to a Caspian island. (-5[2])A khanate (10[1])whose endonym referred to this region was based at Itchan Kala, the center of Khiva. The mathematician (-5[1])who authored the Al-Jabr (10[1]-5[1])is named for this region (10[1]-5[2])centered (10[1])on the Amu Darya delta. (10[1]-5[2])An empire named (10[1])for this region (10[2])was invaded (10[1])after Mohammed II (10[1])ordered the murder (10[1]-5[1])of a caravan (10[1])and ensuing emissary. For 10 points, what (10[1])region (10[1])names the empire whose defeat completed Genghis (10[1])Khan’s conquest of (10[1])Central (10[1])Asia? ■END■ (10[11]0[35])