Mongolian Steppe Tribal Conflicts

Name: Mongolian Steppe Tribal Conflicts
Start: 1161
End: 1170

Type Event Region Mongolia Time 1161–1170

In the 1160s, tribes on the Mongolian Plateau clashed constantly amid powerful neighbors like the Kereit, Naiman, Tatars, and Merkits;…

Timeline

1161–1164Onon and Tula river basins · Mongolian PlateauThe Mongols, Tatars, Merkits, and other tribes frequently clashed over the well-watered pastures of the Onon and Tula rivers, with small-scale raids and retaliatory battles breaking out one after another.
1165–1168Kereit tribal pastures · Mongolian PlateauThe Kereit's Wang Khan and the Naiman were expanding, forcing smaller tribes to pick sides or migrate, as the steppe political landscape concentrated around a few powerful tribes.
1169–1170Eastern Mongolian Plateau · Mongolian PlateauTemüjin's tribe suffered repeated blows during his youth, and Yesügei's faction weakened; the steppe wars of annexation accumulated social tensions and military experience for Genghis Khan's later unification of the tribes.

The Secret History of the Mongols
The Cambridge History of China, Volume 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368 — Herbert Franke; Denis C. Twitchett (eds.) (1994)