Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan (c. 1162–1227), born Temüjin, was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. After his father's death left his family poor and isolated on the steppe, he endured years of hardship before building a network of loyal allies. The turning point came in 1206, when an assembly of Mongol leaders proclaimed him Genghis Khan, uniting the tribes of the Mongolian Plateau under one rule. He organized his people by merit rather than birth, issued a legal code known as the Yassa, adopted the Uyghur script for writing the Mongolian language, established a relay system of postal stations and allowed freedom of religion. Under his successors the empire he founded became the largest contiguous land empire in history and reopened trade and exchange along the Silk Road. Mongolia honors him as the founding father of the nation.
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Alexander the Great created an empire stretching from Greece to India, and Augustus turned Rome into an empire that endured for centuries. Charlemagne united much of Western Europe under a single crown. Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which under his successors became the largest contiguous land empire in history, and his descendant Akbar the Great expanded and unified Mughal India.
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