Question
An army from a polity of this ethnicity under Otrok Khan pledged allegiance to David the Builder of Georgia after being baptized prior to the Battle of Didgori. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this ethnicity. At Didgori, forty thousand Cumans helped fight against the Seljuks, an empire ruled by this ethnicity.
ANSWER: Turkish [or Turks; or Türkler]
[10m] The Cumans were offered refuge by Bela IV, who was later defeated by this Khanate’s leader Batu Khan at the Battle of Mohi.
ANSWER: The Golden Horde [or Ulug Ulus; or Ulus of Jochi; prompt on Kipchak Khanate]
[10h] The Cuman-Kipchak Turks were often entangled in the politics of this empire. This empire was brutally sacked after another ruler’s emissaries were murdered by one of this empire’s governors, Inalchuq.
ANSWER: Khwarezmian Empire [accept Khwarezmid Empire or Khwarazm]
<AG, World History>
Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 88% | 38% |
Data
| Chicago B | WUSTL | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago C | SIUE B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Michigan B | Ohio State C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Missouri | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Ohio State A | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Michigan A | Ohio State B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue C | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago D | SIUE A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |