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In 1206 Temujin accepted the title Genghis Khan, or "universal ruler" of the mongol clans. Temujin, according to legend, was born with a blood clot in his fist. In his lifetime, his hands were often covered with the blood of others
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Invading the northern Jin empire in 1215, however, his attention turned to the Islamic region of west mongolia.
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Central Asia was under Mongol control.
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Genghis Khan dies on 18 August 1227 he was 65 when he died.
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By 1260, the Mongol Empire was divided into four large Khanates, each of them ruled by a descendant of Genghis. These four were the Khanate of the Great Khan (Mongolia and China), the Khanate of Chagati (Central Asia), the Ilkhanate (Persia), and the Khanate of the Golden Horde (Russia). Kublai Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan, named himself the Great Khan in 1260.
