Genghis Khan

Portrait of Genghis Khan

Great Khan · Ruler Under Heaven · Great Khan of the Mongols · 1162–1227

The conqueror who united the Mongol tribes and built history's largest contiguous empire.

Explore the life of Genghis Khan — five chapters

  1. A Hunted Boy on the Steppe — Survival before empire
  2. Uniting the Mongols — From Temüjin to Genghis Khan
  3. Conquest — and Its Terrible Cost — Empire built through war
  4. Order, Law and the Silk Roads — The other side of the empire
  5. The Contested Legacy — Destroyer or founder?

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