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Making his way across Central Asia, Genghis crushes the great cities, Samarkand, Muhammad’s own capital, surrenders to the Mongols. So does Bukhara, a metropolis in what is now Uzbekistan.
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Genghis Khan was born in Khentii Mountains, Mongolia in 1662. his original name was Temüjin.
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Yesükhei, was a major chief of the Khamag Mongol confederation and the father of Temüjin.
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When Genghis Khan was only 13 years old. He murdered him because his brother had stolen a fish from him.
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After she married Temüjin, she was abducted in a dawn raid by the Three Mergids. Several months later, Temüjin, with his allies Wang Khan and Jamukha, rescued her from her captors.
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Temujin has become a “player” in the rough-and-tumble world of the steppe; the Mongols. Temujin said, “My strength was fortified by Heaven and Earth.” The Mongols and several neighboring tribes have hailed him as their khan, and also leader.
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At a kuriltai (great assembly) Temujin is lauded as Genghis Khan, the “strong ruler".At about the age of 40, Genghis is master of all the tribes in what is now Mongolia, an expanse about the size of Alaska. Temujin is the name he was originally born with.
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Several years of sparring with the Jin dynasty in northern China yield an outright attack in 1214. Genghis surrounds their capital, Zhongdu (located where Beijing now stands).The Jin emperor, Xuanzong, beseeches Genghis to withdraw, a plea sweetened with gold, silver, horses, slaves, and a princess and Genghis agrees.
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Genghis Khan died at the age of 65. He died in Western Xia.
