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Changiz Khan - Genghis Khan (Life of Tamujin) 1.4

Life of Tamujin - Genghis Khan - Rise Of Mongol Empire (OttomanEmpire) Genghis Khan ] Mongolian. 1162 – August 18, 1227, bornTemüjin, was the founder and Great Khan (Emperor) of the MongolEmpire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history afterhis death. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribesof Northeast Asia. After founding the Empire and being proclaimed"Genghis Khan", he started the Mongol invasions that conquered mostof Eurasia. Campaigns initiated in his lifetime include thoseagainst the Qara Khitai, Caucasus, and Khwarazmian, Western Xia andJin dynasties. These campaigns were often accompanied by wholesalemassacres of the civilian populations – especially in theKhwarazmian and Western Xia controlled lands. By the end of hislife, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of CentralAsia and China. Before Genghis Khan died, he assigned Ögedei Khanas his successor and split his empire into khanates among his sonsand grandsons. He died in 1227 after defeating the Western Xia. Hewas buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolia. Hisdescendants extended the Mongol Empire across most of Eurasia byconquering or creating vassal states in all of modern-day China,Korea, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and substantial portions ofmodern Eastern Europe, Russia, and Southwest Asia. Many of theseinvasions repeated the earlier large-scale slaughters of localpopulations. As a result, Genghis Khan and his empire have afearsome reputation in local histories. Beyond his militaryaccomplishments, Genghis Khan also advanced the Mongol Empire inother ways. He decreed the adoption of the Uyghur script as theMongol Empire's writing system. He also practiced meritocracy andencouraged religious tolerance in the Mongol Empire while unifyingthe nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia. Present-day Mongolians regardhim as the founding father of Mongolia. Although known for thebrutality of his campaigns and considered by many to have been agenocidal ruler, Genghis Khan is also credited with bringing theSilk Road under one cohesive political environment. This broughtcommunication and trade from Northeast Asia into Muslim SouthwestAsia and Christian Europe, thus expanding the horizons of all threecultural areas. Main article: Mongol military tactics andorganization Reenactment of Mongol battle Genghis Khan put absolutetrust in his generals, such as Muqali, Jebe and Subutai, andregarded them as close advisors, often extending them the sameprivileges and trust normally reserved for close family members. Heallowed them to make decisions on their own when they embarked oncampaigns far from the Mongol Empire capital Karakorum. Muqali, atrusted lieutenant, was given command of the Mongol forces againstthe Jin dynasty while Genghis Khan was fighting in Central Asia,and Subutai and Jebe were allowed to pursue the Great Raid into theCaucasus and Kievan Rus', an idea they had presented to the Khaganon their own initiative. While granting his generals a great dealof autonomy in making command decisions, Genghis Khan also expectedunwavering loyalty from them. The Mongol military was alsosuccessful in siege warfare, cutting off resources for cities andtowns by diverting certain rivers, taking enemy prisoners anddriving them in front of the army, and adopting new ideas,techniques and tools from the people they conquered, particularlyin employing Muslim and Chinese siege engines and engineers to aidthe Mongol cavalry in capturing cities. groups away from the largergroup and defended position for ambush and counterattack. Anotherimportant aspect of the military organization of Genghis Khan wasthe communications and supply route or Yam, adapted from previousChinese models. Genghis Khan dedicated special attention to this inorder to speed up the gathering of military intelligence andofficial communications. To this end, Yam waystations wereestablished all over the empire.

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