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Mongol Empire

1206

Yuan album portrait of Emperor Taizu, identified by its facing inscription as Chinggis Khan, in a white robe and gold silk border.

Recorded HistoryMongol Empire

Temüjin becomes Chinggis Khan.

In 1206 Mongol and allied tribes gathered in a kurultai and named Temüjin as Chinggis Khan, or Genghis Khan. This founded the Mongol Empire.

The Secret History of the Mongols places the gathering in the year of the tiger and gives no day. Conquests across Asia soon followed.

1206, placed on the scale of its era on a line leading toward now.

Era
Recorded History
Period
1206
Edition
1/1
Status
Not Released
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