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Genghis Khan

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[or Chinggis Khan orig. Temüjin ] (born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died Aug. 18, 1227) Mongolian warrior-ruler who consolidated nomadic tribes into a unified Mongolia and whose troops fought from China's Pacific coast to Europe's Adriatic Sea, creating the basis for one of the greatest continental empires of all time. The leader of a destitute clan, Temüjin fought various rival clans and formed a Mongol confederacy, which in 1206 acknowledged him as Genghis Khan ...

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Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan (1162–1227) The founder of the Mongol empire. Originally named Temujin, he took the name Genghis Khan (‘ruler of all’) in 1206 after uniting the nomadic Mongol tribes under his command and becoming master of both eastern and western Mongolia. He then ...

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Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan (1167-1227) was the creator of the Mongol nation and the founder of one of the vastest empires the world has ever seen.

Genghis Khan, whose original name was Tem ü jin, was born on the banks of the river Onon in the extreme northeast corner of present-day ...

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