Born Temujin; 1162-1227, also known as Genghis khan, was the founder and first Khagan of the mongal Empire, which later become the largest contiguous land empire in history. 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. Born between 1155 and 1167 and given the name of Temujin, he was the oldest child of Yesugei, a mongol chieftain of the Borjigin clan, and his wife Hoelum of the Okhonuds. Yesugei died when Temujin was eight, and his family was abandoned by their tribe in the mongol steppe. Temujin gradually built up a small following and allied with Jamukha and Toghral, two other mongol chieftains, in campaigns against other tribes. Due to the erratic nature of the sources, his period of Temujin's life is uncertain, he may have spent time as a servant of the Jin dynasty. The alliances with Jamukha and Toghrul failed completely in the early 13th century, but Temujin ...
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