Ruler · High and Late Middle Ages · Mongolia

Genghis Khan

c. 1162–1227

Founder of the Mongol Empire, born Temujin about 1162 and dead in 1227, proclaimed Genghis Khan in 1206. He united the warring Mongol tribes and turned them into an army that conquered northern China, Central Asia and Persia. At his death his empire was already the largest contiguous land empire in history.

Facts

Born: About 1162, on the Mongolian steppe.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Genghis Khan
Died: 1227, on campaign against the Western Xia.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Genghis Khan
Reign: Proclaimed khan 1206; ruled to 1227.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Genghis Khan
Realm: The Mongol Empire from China to the Caspian Sea.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Genghis Khan
Known for: Uniting the Mongols and the conquests of 1211 to 1227.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Genghis Khan

Images

Traditional portrait of Genghis Khan (Wikimedia Commons)

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