CHINGGIS KHAN (1162–1227), great Mongol leader and founder of a vast empire in Asia. One of the extraordinary personages of world history, Chinggis Khan is a striking example of an emperor who became a god. Born in Mongolia, northeast of...

1167-1227 Mongol Conqueror In 1206, the nomadic Mongol tribes of northern Central Asia united for the first time, and chose as their leader a chieftain, nearly 40 years old, by the name of Temujin. Long before, he had been given the title by which...

(c.1162–1227), Mongolian ruler. Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis or Chinghiz Khan, was born with the name of Temujin. After surviving tribal wars in Mongolia following the death of his father Yesugei, Temujin built a tribal confederation...

(born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died Aug. 18, 1227) Mongolian warrior-ruler who consolidated nomadic tribes into a unified Mongolia and whose troops fought from China's Pacific coast to Europe's Adriatic Sea, creating the basis for one of...

Genghis Khan (help·info) (IPA: [ʧiÅgɪs χaËÅ]; Mongolian: ЧÐ'нгÐ'Ñ Ð¥Ð°Ð°Ð½; classic Mongolian: (properly transliterated "Chinggis Khaγan", see below for alternative spellings); ca. 1162[1]–August 18, 1227) born Temujin was the...