Genghis Khan

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  • Jan 1, 1162

    Birth

    Genghis khan was born in Mongolia in 1162 his real birth name was Temujin. His parenets were Yesügei (Father) , and Hoelun
    (Mother).
  • Jan 1, 1176

    Killing of half brother

    For several years Genghis lived in poverty. During one hunting trip at 14-years-old Temujin killed his half-brother Behter during a fight which resulted from a fight over hunting rewards.
  • Jan 1, 1177

    Prison Escape

    In 1177 Genghis was captured in a raid and held prisoner by his father's former allies,(Tayichi'ud) (they enslaved Genghis) . But a guard helped him escape in the middle of the night by helping him reach a river.
  • Jan 1, 1205

    Mobile Army

    Genghis achieved an army that could travel 70 miles in a day (matched by no others) and some of his enemys would surrender just so they wouldnt have to deal with the mogolan attacks.
  • Jan 1, 1206

    Supreme Ruler

    In 1206 Genghis was made the supreme ruler by his people and was also given the name great Khan which is the title he was known by.
  • Jan 1, 1215

    Chin empire

    Genghis went after the chin empire defended bye the great wall of china. He broke through the wall and captured the capital now known as Bejjing, he did this bye using captured women and children as human shields.
  • Jan 1, 1226

    Major injury

    Genghis embarks on a his final campaign he rides at the front of 180,000 warriors that are ready to cruah an uprising among the tangut people. He fell from his horse and suffered major internal injurys.
  • Jan 1, 1227

    Death

    Genghis died in 1227 but before he died, he assigned Ögedei Khan as his successor and split his empire into pieces and distrubted it to his sons and grandsons . He was buried in an unmarked grave at an unkown location somewhere in mongolia.