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A Mongol prince died besieging which city, so Genghis ordered it laid waste?

ABukhara
BSamarqand
CGurganj
DNishapur
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Nishapur
1. Towns that resisted were devastated. 2. Nishapur was to be ploughed over. 3. Not even cats and dogs were to be spared. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 5, Nomadic Empires._
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