title: Timeline of Mongols prior to the Mongol Empire
text: # Timeline of Mongols prior to the Mongol Empire
  
  This is a timeline of Mongols prior to the Mongol Empire.
  
  ## 8th century
  
  ### 700s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 700 | | Chinese records mention a tribe called "Mengwu", probably pronounced "Mung-nguet" at the time, inhabiting Manchuria |
  
  ## 10th century
  
  ### 900s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 908 | | Abaoji attacks the Shiwei |
  
  ### 920s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 928 | | Khongirad rebels against the Liao dynasty in the north |
  
  ### 950s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 950 | | Chinese records mention a "Mengwu" tribe living in the grasslands west of the Greater Khingan and southeast of Lake Baikal |
  
  ### 960s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 965 | | Khongirad and Shiwei tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty |
  
  ### 990s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 997 | | Zubu Poosy rebel against the Liao dynasty |
  
  ## 11th century
  
  ### 1000s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1007 | | Zubu tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty |
  
  ### 1050s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1050 | | Khaidu, "the first to rule all the Mongols", is born |
  
  ### 1060s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1069 | | Zubu tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty |
  
  ### 1080s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1084 | | "Mengwu" visit the Liao dynasty court |
  
  ## 12th century
  
  ### 1100s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1100 | | Khaidu dies |
  
  ### 1110s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1118 | | Zubu tribes rebel against the Liao dynasty |
  
  ### 1140s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1146 | | Khabul Khan of the Khamag Mongols, great-grandson of Khaidu, rebels against the Jin dynasty |
  
  ### 1160s
  
  | Year | Date | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1160 | | Conflict with the Jin dynasty reduces the Mongol tribes and the Borjigin clan to destitution |
  | 1162 | | Temüjin is born in Delüün Boldog near Burkhan Khaldun to the Mongol chieftain Yesugei and Hoelun |
  
  ## Genghis Khan's ancestors
  
  Borte Chino (Grey Wolf) and his wife was Gua Maral (White Doe)
  
  * 1. Bat Tsagan - was the son of Borte Chino and Gua Maral
     * 2. Tamacha - was the son of Bat Tsagan
        * 3. Horichar Mergen - was the son of Tamacha
           * 4. Uujim Buural - was the son of Horichar Mergen
              * 5. Sali Hachau - was the son of Uujim Buural
                 * 6. Yehe Nidun - was the son of Sali Hachau
                    * 7. Sem Sochi - was the son of Yehe Nidun
                       * 8. Harchu - was the son of Sem Sochi
                          * 9. Borjigidai Mergen - was the son of Harchu, and his wife was Mongoljin Gua
                             * 10. Torogoljin Bayan - was the son of Borjigidai Mergen, and his wife was Borogchin Gua
                                * 11. Duva Sokhor - was the first son of Torogoljin Bayan
                                * 11. Dobu Mergen|Dobun Mergen - was the second son of Torogoljin Bayan, and his wife was Alan Gua
                                   * 12. Belgunudei - was the first son of Dobun Mergen and Alan Gua
                                   * 12. Bugunudei - was the second son of Dobun Mergen and Alan Gua
  * 12. Bukhu Khatagi - was the first son of Alan Gua, conceived after the death of Dobun Mergen
  * 12. Bukhatu Salji - was the second son of Alan Gua, conceived after the death of Dobun Mergen
  * 12. Bodonchar Munkhag - was the third son of Alan Gua, conceived after the death of Dobun Mergen
     * 13. Habich Baghatur - was the son of Bodonchar Munkhag
        * 14. Menen Tudun - was the son of Habich Baghatur
           * 15. Hachi Hulug - was the son of Menen Tudun
              * 16. Khaidu - was the son of Hachi Hulug
                 * 17. Bashinkhor Dogshin - was the first son of Khaidu
                    * 18. Tumbinai Setsen - was the son of Baishinkhor Dogshin
                       * 19. Khabul Khan - was the first son of Tumbinai Setsen, and Khan of the Khamag Mongol (1120–1149)
                          * 20. Ohinbarhag - was the first son of Khabul Khan
                          * 20. Bartan Baghatur - was the second son of Khabul Khan
                             * 21. Mengitu Hiyan - was the first son of Bartan Baghatur
                             * 21. Negun Taiji - was the second son of Bartan Baghatur
                             * 21. Yesugei - was the third son of Bartan Baghatur, and his wife was Hoelun
                                * 22. Temujin (Genghis Khan) - was the first son of Yesugei and Hoelun, and Khan of the Khamag Mongol (1189–1206)
  