Genghis Khan
1162–1227* · Person
Founded the Mongol Empire — the largest contiguous land empire in history.
On these timelines: Mongol Empire, People, Master, China
More from Mongol Empire
- Mongol Conquests (1206)
- Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan (1206)
- Golden Horde (1242)
- Division of the Mongol Empire (1260)
- Mongol conquest of Song China (1268)
- Mongol invasion of Khwarazm (1219)
- Yuan dynasty begins (1271)
- Mongol invasion of Europe (1241)
Around 1162
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- Delhi Sultanate (1206)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Saladin retakes Jerusalem (1187)
- Sack of Constantinople by Fourth Crusade (1204)
- Reign of Henry II (1154)
- Kamakura shogunate (1185)
- Frederick I Barbarossa (1122)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121)