Mongol forces annexed the Qara Khitai khanate in 1218, allowing Genghis to lead an invasion of the neighbouring Khwarazmian Empire the following year.
Having vassalised the Western Xia state by 1211, he then invaded the Jin dynasty in northern China, forcing the Jin emperor to abandon the northern half of his kingdom in 1214. With the tribes fully united, Genghis set out on a campaign of conquest. He formally adopted the title Genghis Khan at a kurultai in 1206. The alliances with Jamukha and Toghrul failed completely in the early 13th century, but Temüjin was able to defeat both and claim sole rulership of the Mongol tribes. Due to the erratic nature of the sources, this period of Temüjin's life is uncertain he may have spent time as a servant of the Jin dynasty. Temüjin gradually built up a small following and allied with Jamukha and Toghrul, two other Mongol chieftains, in campaigns against other tribes. Yesugei died when Temüjin was eight, and his family was abandoned by their tribe in the Mongol steppe.
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Having spent the majority of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns which conquered large parts of China and Central Asia.īorn between 11 and given the name of Temüjin, he was the oldest child of Yesugei, a Mongol chieftain of the Borjigin clan, and his wife Hoelun of the Olkhonuds.
1162 - 25 August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khagan of the Mongol Empire, which later became the largest contiguous land empire in history. Mongol script: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ Chinggis KhaganĮmperor Fatian Qiyun Shengwu ( 法 天 啟 運 聖 武 皇帝)
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