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Genghis Khan

Type Figure Region Mongolian steppe Time c. 1162–1227 Also known as Emperor Taizu of Yuan

Genghis Khan (Temüjin) was the founder and first great khagan of the Mongol Empire, who unified the steppe tribes and founded the empire in 1206.…

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  1. 1162–1206Onon River · Khentii ProvinceAfter years of tribal warfare and alliance-building, Temüjin was proclaimed great khagan at the Onon River in 1206, taking the title Genghis Khan, and founded the Mongol state, instituting the thousand-household system and the Yasa law code.
  2. 1221–1223Transoxiana · TransoxianaIn 1221 Genghis Khan moved south from Samarkand, dispatching his sons to pursue Jalal al-Din and other Khwarazm remnants across Khorasan; around 1223 he withdrew north, completing control of Central Asia's core region.
  3. 1226–1227Within Western Xia · Western XiaIn 1226 Genghis Khan again invaded Western Xia; around the time of Western Xia's fall in 1227 he died near Liupan Mountain, ordering his death kept secret and the advance to continue, leaving institutional and military legacies for Ögedei's succession and the empire's expansion.

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