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Genghis Khan was born as Temujin Khan in Mongolia. He was named after a Tatar chief that his father had captured. Information from http://www.biography.com/people/genghis-khan-9308634.
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His father died due to poisoning by the rival Tatar tribe when they invited him to a conciliatory meal.
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Genghis Khan married at the age of 16, but he had many wives during his lifetime. Soon after, his wife, Borte, was captured by the rival Merkit tribe, but he rescued her.
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In a raid by former family allies, he is captured and temporarily enslaved. He is soon released due to a sympathetic captor.
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At age 20 he began to build an army. That army consisted of nearly 20,000 men, which seems miniscule compared to the army at its height.
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By the age of 44, he had defeated the Naiman tribe, giving him full rule of eastern Mongolia.
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In 1207, Genghis Khan declared war on Xi Xia, a northern province of China, and by 1209 had forced them to surrender.
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In 1211, Genghis Khan's army conquered the Jin Dynasty, giving him full reign of the Chinese empire as well as the Mongolian empire.
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In 1219 Genghis Khan coordinated a three-pronged attack consisting of over 200,000 warriors. After two years of destroying all of the villages in the empire, it was finally conquered in 1221.
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In 1227, Genghis Khan died of unknown causes. Some historians say that he died while on a hunt, while others say he died of a respiratory disease.
