Ghengis Khan

The Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan (1162-1227), also known as Jenghiz Khan
was said to have conquered over two-thirds of the known world in his lifetime. He was
renowned as a brilliant strategist, employing methods of warfare that were decades before
his time. He had a mobile cavalry, coordinated fighting style, and respect for his
Temu-jin of Mongolia, best known by others as Genghis Khan, meaning
“Universal ruler� or “emperor of all emperors� is said to have created one of the greatest
empires spanning from China to the Adriatic Sea. Temu-jin was the son of Kiyat-
Borijiad chieftan who was assassinated when Temu-jin was a young man. Most of the
followers of Genghis Khans father felt he was to young of a boy to protect them, so the
tribe went and sought a more powerful lord leaving Genghis Khan and his family to fend
for themselves. For about ten years they lived off the land eating roots, berries and small
animals such as mice. During these years it taught Genghis Khan to not be foolishly
adventurous and brave giving him the shrewd, steady and practical personality that will

was called a minghan” “ a division of 10,000, made up of ten minghans”. “ A division of

he wanted more”(Janic). The year of the sheep 1187, he made several military successes