Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan ^{[note 3]} (born Temüjin,^{[note 1]} c. 1162 – 18 August 1227), born B. Temüjin (Audio file "Temujin.ogg" nae foond, wis the foonder, Khan (ruler) an Khagan (emperor) o the Mongol Empire, which became the lairgest contiguous empire in history efter his daith.

Genghis Khan
1st Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Supreme Khan of all the Mongols) King of Kings
Genghis Khan as portrayed in a 14t-century Yuan era album; the oreeginal version wis in black an white. Oreeginal size is 47 cm wide an 59.4 cm heich. Pent an ink on silk. Nou locatit in the Naitional Pailace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
1st Great Khan of the Mongol Empire
Ring	Ware 1206 – 18 August 1227
Coronation	Ware 1206 in a Kurultai at the Onon River, Mongolie
Successor	Ögedei Khan
Born	Temüjin[note 1] likely 1162[2] Khentii Muntains, Khamag Mongol
Dee'd	18 August 1227(1227-08-18) (aged 64–65)[3] Yinchuan, Wastren Xia
Spouse	Börte Üjin Khatun Yisui Kunju Khatun Khulan Khatun Yesugen Khatun Yesulun Khatun Isukhan Khatun Gunju Khatun Abika Khatun Gurbasu Khatun Chaga Khatun Moge Khatun
Issue	Jochi Chagatai Ögedei Alakhai Bekhi Tolui others
Full name Genghis Khan Mongol: Чингис хаан Chinggis Khaan Mongol script (picture on the right): ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ Chinggis Khagan[note 2]
Hoose	The Imperial Hoose o Borjigin
Dynasty	Genghisid
Faither	Yesügei
Mither	Hoelun
Releegion	Tengrism

He came tae pouer bi unitin mony o the nomadic tribes o northeast Asie. Efter foondin the Mongol Empire an being proclaimed "Genghis Khan", he startit the Mongol invasions that woud ultimately result in the conquest o maist o Eurasie. These includit raids or invasions o the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia an Jin dynasties. These campaigns wur aften accompanied bi wholesale massacres o the civilian populations - especially in Khwarezmia. Bi the end o his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion o Central Asie an Cheenae.

Afore Genghis Khan dee'd, he assigned Ögedei Khan as his successor an split his empire intae khanates amang his sons an grandsons.^[7] He dee'd in 1227 efter defeatin the Tanguts. He wis buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolie at an unkent location. His descendants went on tae stretch the Mongol Empire across maist o Eurasia bi conquering an/or creatin vassal states oot o aw o modern-day Cheenae, Korea, the Caucasus, Central Asian kintras, an substantial portions o modern Eastren Europe an the Middle East. Mony o these invasions also resultit in lairge-scale slaughter o the local populations an ar no viewed positively in these parts o the warld today.

Ayont his great military accomplishments, Genghis Khan also advanced the Mongol Empire in ither ways. He decreed the adoption o the Uyghur script as the Mongol Empire's writin system. He also promotit religious tolerance in the Mongol Empire, an creatit a unified empire frae the nomadic tribes o northeast Asie. Present-day Mongolians regard him highly as the foondin faither o Mongolie.^[8]

Notes

1. English: /təˈmuːdʒɪn/, whiles an aw written as Temuchin or Temujin; Mongolie: Тэмүжин, romanised: Temüjin [tʰemut͡ʃiŋ] ( listen); Middle Mongol: Temüjin;^[1] traditeeonal Cheenese: 鐵木真; simplifeed Cheenese: 铁木真; pinyin: Tiěmùzhēn; Wade–Giles: T'ieh³-mu⁴-chen¹.
2. Cheenese: 成吉思汗; pinyin: Chéngjísī Hán; Wade–Giles: Ch'eng²-chi²-szu¹ Han⁴.
3. Historians o the Mongol empire generally prefer the spellin Chinggis Khaan, that mair closely approximates the name in Mongolie, Чингис хаан [t͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋ] ( listen).^[4] The spellin o his name cam oreeginally frae Italian, hyne the pronunciation /ˌdʒɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/, that is similar tae the Italian pronunciation; the seicont G has a follaein H tae produce the soond Template:IPAc-it, as in spaghetti. But acause G afore E in Inglis/Scots is ambiguous (cf. get vs. gel), this leads tae the common pronunciation o /ˌɡɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/, wi baith Gs producin the soond /ɡ/, that has led tae the alternate spellin Jenghis Khan tae try tae prevent this.^[5]
   The Middle Mongol pronunciation was [ˈt͡ɕʰiŋːɡɪs ˈkaχaːn] or [ˈt͡ʃʰiŋːɡɪs ˈqaχaːn].^[6]