Genghis khan real name
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Genghis Khan was born on August 18, 1227, and his birth name was Temüjin. He was the founder and the first great Khan emperor of the Mongol Empire, which, as time passed, became the largest contiguous empire in the history of this planet.
Genghis Khan rose from humble beginnings and went on to establish the largest land empire in history. He played a very important role in uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, and he also conquered big lands of Central Asia and China. After he established the Mongol Empire, he was named by his followers and admirers Genghis Khan, which translates to as the ‘oceanic, universal ruler. The Mongol invasions, led by Genghis Khan, conquered most of Eurasia, reaching as far west as Poland in Europe and the Levant in the Middle East. Campaigns against the Qara Khitai, Khwarezmia, Western Xia, and Jin empires and invasions into Medieval Georgia, Kievan Rus', and Volga Bulgaria were launched during his lifetime.
Even after his death, Genghis Khan's descendants expanded his empire even further and went as far as Poland, Vietnam, Syria,
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Genghis Khan
Founder of the Mongol Empire (c. 1162 – 1227)
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Genghis Khan (disambiguation), Genghis (disambiguation), Chinggis (disambiguation), and Temujin (disambiguation).
Genghis Khan[a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan,[b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia.
Born between 1155 and 1167 and given the name Temüjin, he was the eldest child of Yesugei, a Mongol chieftain of the Borjigin clan, and his wife Hö'elün. When Temüjin was eight, his father died and his family was abandoned by its tribe. Reduced to near-poverty, Temüjin killed his older half-brother to secure his familial position. His charismatic personality helped to attract his first followers and to form alliances with two prominent steppe leaders named Jamukha and Toghrul; they worked together to re
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan[a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire, which he created in 1206 in his fatherland (modern Mongolia).
After the death of his father when Temüjin was eight, his family was left behind by the Mongols. They became very poor, but did not die. Temüjin was very clever, and people who liked him came to be his soldiers. He made friends with two rulers named Jamukha and Toghrul, and they helped him find his wife Börte, who had been made a prisoner. However, Temüjin and Jamukha started to dislike each other, and they began a war. Temüjin lost at the start and may have had to run away for years. By 1196, he was back in Mongolia, and many soldiers came to fight for him. Soon, Toghrul started to dislike Temüjin and attacked him in 1203. Temüjin won this war and Toghrul and Jamukha died.
Temüjin took the name "Genghis Khan", the meaning of which is unknown, at a large meeting in 1206. He made changes to the society of the Mongols so that it was more stab
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