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Genghis Khan - Timeline - Julián Tamayo
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THE LIFE OF
GENGHIS KHAN
TEMÜJIN BORJIGIN IS BORN
TEMÜJIN BORJIGIN IS BORN C. 1162 A.D.
WHO WAS TEMÜJIN BORJIGIN?
TEMÜJIN BORJIGIN WAS THE BIRTH NAME OF GENGHIS KHAN.
WHO WERE HIS PARENTS?
TEMÜJIN WAS FATHERED BY A MAN BY THE NAME OF YISÜGEI, AND HIS MOTHER WAS NAMED HOELUN.
ARRANGED MARRIAGE
TEMÜJIN IS BETROTHED
C. 1170 A.D.
AT THE AGE OF EIGHT, THE MARRIAGE OF TEMÜJIN IS ARRANGED WITH A WOMAN NAMED BORTHE.
HOWEVER, THE MARRIAGE IS GREATLY DELAYED BEACAUSE OF TEMÜJIN'S TROUBLES.
YISÜGEI, TEMÜJIN'S FATHER, WAS POISONED BY ONE OF HIS RIVALS, AROUND 1171 A.D.
YISÜGEI IS POISONED
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
AFTER YISÜGEI'S DEATH, TEMÜJIN AND HIS FAMILY WERE ABANDONED BY THEIR CLAN.
TEMÜJIN GETS MARRIED
AFTER PROVING HIS WORTH IN BATTLE AND AS A COMMANDER, TEMÜJIN FINALLY GETS BACK TO HIS BETHROTHED, WHO HAD BEEN WAITING FOR HIM. (C. 1178 A.D.)
HOW DID TEMÜJIN GET BACK TO BÖRTE?
TEMÜJIN HAD MANY STRUGGLES AT THE BEGGINING OF HIS LIFE, AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR HIM TO GET BACK TO BÖRTE
THE GREAT KHAN
TEMÜJIN DECIDES TO HOLD A VERY BIG TRIBAL MEETING, CALLED A KURULTAI. IN THE KURULTAI, HE WAS VOTED THE TITLE OF UNIVERSAL LEADER, AND HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO GENGHIS KHAN (C. 1206 A.D.)
GENGHIS KHAN DECIDED TO CREATE A NEW SYSTEM AND STRATEGY FOR MONGOL WARFARE. (C. 1207 A.D.)
MONGOL WARFARE
IN THE NEW SYSTEM, HORSES AND SOLDIERS WERE SPREAD OUT EVENLY IN GROUPS WITH A SPECIFIC LEADER. THIS GAVE GENGHIS KHAN'S ARMY A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE.
THE BEGINNING OF THE EMPIRE
GENGHIS KHAN DECIDED TO ATTACK THE JURCHEN JIN DYNASTY (C. 1211 A.C.), WHICH CONTROLLED MOST OF NORTHERN CHINA.
THE TWO ARMIES
THE MONGOL ARMY HAD AROUND 50,00 TOTAL MEN, AND THE JURCHEN ARMY HAD 300,000 INFANTRY AND 150,000 CAVALRY. HOWEVER, THE MONGOL'S TACTICS WERE SUPERIOR.
XI XIA AND SONG CHINA (C.1215 A.D.)
EXPANSION OF THE EMPIRE
GENGHIS KHAN DECIDED TO ATTACK THE TANGUT STATE OF XI XIA, AND THEY HAD SOME HELP FROM THE SONG DYNASTY. HOWEVER, THE SONG DYNASTY BETRAYED GENGHIS KHAN, BUT THEY UTTERLY FAILED IN THEIR ATTACK.
DEFEATING THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN
(C. 1221 A.D.)
THE EMPIRE GROWS LARGER
THE MONGOLS WENT THROUGH NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN, AND A YEAR LATER, THEY DEFEAT A RUSSIAN ARMY AT KALKA. AFTER THIS VICTORY, THE MONGOLS THEN CONTROLLED THE LAND ALL THE WAY TO THE CASPIAN SEA.
18 AUGUST, 1227, A.D.
THE DEATH OF GENGHIS KHAN
GENGHIS KHAN DIES ON THIS DATE BECAUSE OF AN UNKNOWN ILLNESS, MAYBE CAUSED BECAUSE HE FELL OFF HIS HORSE. AT HIS TIME OF DEATH, HE WAS PERFORMING A SIEGE. HIS DEATH AND BURIAL PLACE WERE KEPT A SECRET.