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genghis khan

Genghis Khan originally known as Temüjin was born in the north eastern area of today’s Mongolia, around 1167 A.D. Temüjin was born on the banks of the Onon river. At the age of nine, Temüjin became an orphan. His father had died in a battle with the Tatars, another tribe in that area that had defeated the Mongols. Temüjins’ mother had been abandoned by her husbands followers, because another tribe had wishes to prevent Temüjin from succeeding to his fathers position. This pressure made bringing up her family a hardship.

At a young age, in his teens, Temüjin was taken prisoner by the clan who tried to keep him from taking up his fathers position, the Taichi’uts. Temüjin escaped, and soon after became the apprentice of a leader of a central Mongolian Christian tribe, the Kereits. The leaders name was Toghril. Toghril and a young chieftain, Jamuka, helped Temüjin rescue his recently married wife from the Merkits. Around the time that Jamuka and Temüjins’ friendship came to a halt, the name that would stick with Temüjin for the rest of his life was given to hi


Genghis Khans did not have as many military accomplishments as he did nonmilitary accomplishments. His non-military achievements include the introduction of a writing system based on the Uigur script, still used in Inner Mongolia today, the idea of religious tolerance throughout the empire, the use of a decimal system in his army formation, and the achievement of tribal unity among the Mongol. Genghis Khan's greatest accomplishments, however, cannot be counted in terms of territory or victories, but in the presence of a Mongol nation and culture. Mongol today venerate him as the founding father of Mongolia.

Genghis Khan also had a strong sense of loyalty. This was good

because he was very strict. An example of this is when a disloyal soldier

Genghis Khan had a very successful life until his death on August 25,

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