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1 day ago · Genghis was provoked to invade the Khwarazmian Empire the following year by the execution of his envoys; the campaign toppled the Khwarazmian state and devastated the regions of Transoxiana and Khorasan, while Jebe and his colleague Subutai led an expedition that reached Georgia and Kievan Rus'.
4 days ago · During Genghis Khan’s western campaigns, Qiu Chuji of Quanzhen Daoism recognized the precariousness of the Jin dynasty and the unreliability of the Southern Song, thus set out from Laizhou, Shandong, traveling long distances to meet Genghis Khan in 1222 at the Hindu Kush.
2 days ago · A second Mongol invasion began when Genghis Khan’s grandson Hülegü Khan crossed the Oxus in 1256 and destroyed the Assassin fortress at Alamūt. With the disintegration of the Seljuq empire, the caliphate had reasserted control in the area around Baghdad and in southwestern Iran.
5 days ago · Though his early years were spent learning the art of war, his mother, Sorghaghtani Beki, had a significant influence on his life. She ensured that her son received a broad education, emphasising diplomacy, statecraft, and an understanding of Chinese culture.
3 days ago · At the time of Genghis Khan, virtually every religion had found Mongol converts, from Buddhism to Christianity, from Manichaeism to Islam. To avoid strife, Genghis Khan set up an institution that ensured complete religious freedom, though he himself was a shamanist. Under his administration, all religious leaders were exempt from taxation and ...
2 days ago · Tibetan Buddhist teachings (also called Lamaism) and Mongolian shamanism are the two main belief systems in Mongolia. While many consider the conqueror Genghis Khan an important figure and deity ...
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1 day ago · China - Yuan Dynasty, Mongol Rule, Silk Road: Genghis Khan rose to supremacy over the Mongol tribes in the steppe in 1206, and within a few years he attempted to conquer northern China.
