Completion of Mongol Tribal Unification (1206)

Timeline

1. 1204–1206Western Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauThrough continuous campaigns against hostile tribes (Tatars, Kereit, Naiman, etc.) from 1201 to 1204, Temüjin gradually eliminated or absorbed the main rivals on the steppe; Jamukha's usurped title of Gurkhan also failed.
2. 1206Source of the Onon River · Mongolian PlateauIn 1206 the tribal leaders assembled at the source of the Onon River, formally recognizing Temüjin as the common lord of all Mongols, abolishing the usurped titles of the divided period and establishing a unified supreme authority.
3. 1206Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauAfter accession, Temüjin organized the people into thousands, hundreds, and tens by decimal division, breaking tribal kinship boundaries and distributing command by military merit and loyalty, forming a mobilizable 'military-industrial complex' that historians call an institutional revolution of steppe society.