Mongol conquests
Videos
The Mongol conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating the largest contiguous empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which by 1260 covered a significant portion of Eurasia. At its
A 1278 portrait of Genghis Khan
14th-century depiction of Mongol warriors in lamellar armour, on Mongolian ponies and using unique cavalry techniques, pursuing their enemy
Battle of Vâliyân (Spring of 1221) during the invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire
The Battle of Legnica took place during the first Mongol invasion of Poland.
Genghis Khan
Videos
Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, c
Mongol conquests
…With his wife Hö'elün, whom he had abducted from her previous Merkit husband, Yesugei had several children, including a boy named Temüjin (the future Genghis Khan) who was born c. 1162. Yesugei was poisoned by Tatars when Temüjin was still young and Hö'elün's family were abandoned by their tribe on the steppe…
15th-century copy of the Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid al-Din Hamadani
The Onon River, near which Temüjin was born, pictured here in Khentii Province, Mongolia
Statue of Hö'elün located near the equestrian statue of her son at Tsonjin Boldog, Mongolia