Genghis Khan

Mongol EmpireBorjigin1206-1227

RealmMongol Empire

Reign1206-1227

HouseBorjigin

LegacyWorld conqueror, largest land empire

Biography

Temujin united the steppe tribes 1206, Genghis Khan, universal ruler. His armies took northern China, Khwarazm destroyed, the greatest massacre of the medieval era. The empire at his death stretched from Korea to the Caspian, his successors expanded to the largest contiguous land empire ever, a quarter of humanity. Yam relay post, religious tolerance, merit promotion, his law the Yassa. An estimated 16 million men today carry his Y chromosome.

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