Genghis Khan - Revision history

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 The Mongol elite abandoned Temujin's family when he was nine, after the rival Tatar clan poisoned his father, who was one of the chiefs of the Kiyan.  He along with his brothers gathered followers and allied with his father's ally, Ong Khan, the leader of the Kereyid tribe.  In the 1190s he had enough support among the Borjigin clans that they elected him the fifth Khan of the Mongol, and he took the name Chingis (meaning "Oceanic"), which came through Persian to English as Genghis.  Jamugha, a rival claimant to the Mongol leadership, then gathered the neighboring tribes of Mongolia, the Tatar, Kereyid, Naiman, and Merkid, into a series of wars against Genghis Khan.  He conquered them one by one, and incorporated them into his army, until in 1206 he proclaimed the Yeke Mongol Ulus, or Great Mongol Nation, which history came to know as the [[Mongol Empire]].<ref>Secret History of the Mongols, Paul Kahn, 1994</ref>
-Genghis came to believe that Heaven mandated him and his descendants to conquer the world.  Starting in 1209, he conquered Western Xia, (a Tibetan kingdom in China), Black Cathay (a Central Asian kingdom), Jin Dynasty (a Chinese kingdom based in Beijing), Khwarezam (a Persian empire), and numerous peoples in Russia. Before he died in 1227, he arranged to have his empire divided among his three sons who still lived, and the two sons of his son that predeceased him. Genghis's descendants conquered the rest of China, Persia, and Russia, briefly creating the largest land empire that history had ever seen.
+Genghis came to believe that Heaven mandated him and his descendants to conquer the world.  Starting in 1209, he conquered Western Xia, (a Tibetan kingdom in China), Black Cathay (a Central Asian kingdom), [[Jin Dynasty]] (a Chinese kingdom based in Beijing), Khwarezam (a Persian empire), and numerous peoples in Russia. Before he died in 1227, he arranged to have his empire divided among his three sons who still lived, and the two sons of his son that predeceased him. Genghis's descendants conquered the rest of China, Persia, and Russia, briefly creating the largest land empire that history had ever seen.
 Genghis's Khan's Mongols were known for their brutality, but historians debate to what extent Mongol propaganda rather than fact is responsible for this. David Nicole wrote in his work ''The Mongol Warlords'': "terror and mass extermination of anyone opposing them was a well-tested Mongol tactic." The alternative to unconditional surrender was total war. His battles with [[China]] were extensive, and he would reportedly count the number of enemy casualties by having his victorious soldiers each cut off an ear from the fallen and bring them back to him.  Genghis based his powerful army on [[meritocracy]].  Historians consider Genghis Khan a military genius.  Genghis' horse armies were able to travel further in a day than any other army until the development of automobiles.<ref>Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979</ref>

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-'''Genghis Khan''' (c. 1162 - August 18, 1227), or Chingis Khan, was the first great military leader of the [[Mongols]], a nomadic steppe people from Mongolia. He was born as Temujin, into the Kiyan clan of the Borjigin dynasty, the ruling family of the Mongol tribe.
+'''Genghis Khan''' (c. 1162 - August 18, 1227), or Chinngis Khan, was the first great military leader of the [[Mongols]], a nomadic steppe people from Mongolia. He was born as Temujin, into the Kiyan clan of the Borjigin dynasty, the ruling family of the Mongol tribe.
 The Mongol elite abandoned Temujin's family when he was nine, after the rival Tatar clan poisoned his father, who was one of the chiefs of the Kiyan.  He along with his brothers gathered followers and allied with his father's ally, Ong Khan, the leader of the Kereyid tribe.  In the 1190s he had enough support among the Borjigin clans that they elected him the fifth Khan of the Mongol, and he took the name Chingis (meaning "Oceanic"), which came through Persian to English as Genghis.  Jamugha, a rival claimant to the Mongol leadership, then gathered the neighboring tribes of Mongolia, the Tatar, Kereyid, Naiman, and Merkid, into a series of wars against Genghis Khan.  He conquered them one by one, and incorporated them into his army, until in 1206 he proclaimed the Yeke Mongol Ulus, or Great Mongol Nation, which history came to know as the [[Mongol Empire]].<ref>Secret History of the Mongols, Paul Kahn, 1994</ref>

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+|birth_date=Temujin <br/> 1162<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan</ref>
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-'''Genghis Khan''' (c. 1158 - 1227), or Chingis Khan, was the first great military leader of the [[Mongols]], a nomadic steppe people from Mongolia. He was born as Temujin, into the Kiyan clan of the Borjigin dynasty, the ruling family of the Mongol tribe.
+'''Genghis Khan''' (c. 1162 - August 18, 1227), or Chingis Khan, was the first great military leader of the [[Mongols]], a nomadic steppe people from Mongolia. He was born as Temujin, into the Kiyan clan of the Borjigin dynasty, the ruling family of the Mongol tribe.
 The Mongol elite abandoned Temujin's family when he was nine, after the rival Tatar clan poisoned his father, who was one of the chiefs of the Kiyan.  He along with his brothers gathered followers and allied with his father's ally, Ong Khan, the leader of the Kereyid tribe.  In the 1190s he had enough support among the Borjigin clans that they elected him the fifth Khan of the Mongol, and he took the name Chingis (meaning "Oceanic"), which came through Persian to English as Genghis.  Jamugha, a rival claimant to the Mongol leadership, then gathered the neighboring tribes of Mongolia, the Tatar, Kereyid, Naiman, and Merkid, into a series of wars against Genghis Khan.  He conquered them one by one, and incorporated them into his army, until in 1206 he proclaimed the Yeke Mongol Ulus, or Great Mongol Nation, which history came to know as the [[Mongol Empire]].<ref>Secret History of the Mongols, Paul Kahn, 1994</ref>

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-|birth_place=Khentii Mountains, Mongolia
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+|death_date=August 18, 1227
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-*Chaga Khatun
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-'''Genghis Khan''' (c. 1155/1162 - 1227), or Chingis Khan, was the first great military leader of the [[Mongols]], a nomadic steppe people from Mongolia. He was born as Temujin, into the Kiyan clan of the Borjigin dynasty, the ruling family of the Mongol tribe.
+'''Genghis Khan''' (c. 1158 - 1227), or Chingis Khan, was the first great military leader of the [[Mongols]], a nomadic steppe people from Mongolia. He was born as Temujin, into the Kiyan clan of the Borjigin dynasty, the ruling family of the Mongol tribe.
 The Mongol elite abandoned Temujin's family when he was nine, after the rival Tatar clan poisoned his father, who was one of the chiefs of the Kiyan.  He along with his brothers gathered followers and allied with his father's ally, Ong Khan, the leader of the Kereyid tribe.  In the 1190s he had enough support among the Borjigin clans that they elected him the fifth Khan of the Mongol, and he took the name Chingis (meaning "Oceanic"), which came through Persian to English as Genghis.  Jamugha, a rival claimant to the Mongol leadership, then gathered the neighboring tribes of Mongolia, the Tatar, Kereyid, Naiman, and Merkid, into a series of wars against Genghis Khan.  He conquered them one by one, and incorporated them into his army, until in 1206 he proclaimed the Yeke Mongol Ulus, or Great Mongol Nation, which history came to know as the [[Mongol Empire]].<ref>Secret History of the Mongols, Paul Kahn, 1994</ref>