What is Genghis Khan?
{{Use British English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Genghis Khan | image = YuanEmperorAlbumGenghisPortrait.jpg | alt = Portrait of an old, bearded Genghis dressed in white clothing | caption = A 1278 painting of Genghis Khan | succession = [[Khan of the Mongol Empire]] | reign = 1206 – August 1227 | successor = {{ubl|[[Tolui]] ([[regent]])|[[Ögedei Khan]]}} | birth_name = Temüjin | birth_date = {{Circa|1162}} | birth_place = [[Khentii Mountains]] | death_date = August 1227 (aged around 65) | death_place = [[Xingqing Prefecture|Xingqing]], [[Western Xia]] | burial_place = [[Burial place of Genghis Khan|Unknown]] | spouse = {{plainlist| * [[Börte]] * [[Wives of Genghis Khan|''others'']]}} | issue = {{plainlist| * [[Jochi]] * [[Chagatai Khan|Chagatai]] * [[Ögedei Khan|Ögedei]] * [[Tolui]] * [[Descent from Genghis Khan|''others'']]}} | full name = Temüjin ({{MongolUnicode|ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ|h}}) | regnal name = Chinggis Khaan ({{MongolUnicode|ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ|h}}; {{linktext|lang=zh|成|吉|思|皇帝}}) <!--| posthumous name = Fatian Qiyun Shengwu Huangdi {{nwr|({{linktext|lang=zh|法|天|啟|運|聖|武|皇帝}})}} | temple name = Taizu ({{linktext|lang=zh|太祖}})--> | house = [[Borjigin]] | father = [[Yesugei]] | mother = [[Hö'elün]] }} '''Genghis Khan'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɛ|ŋ|ɡ|ɪ|s|_|ˈ|k|ɑː|n}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|-}}}} (born '''Temüjin'''; {{circa|1162}}{{snd}}August 1227), also known as '''Chinggis Khan''', was the first ruler of the [[Mongol Empire]], which he created in 1206 in his fatherland (modern [[Mongolia]]). After the death of his father when Temüjin was eight, his family was left behind by the [[Mongols]]. They became very poor, but did not die. Temüjin was very clever, and people who liked him came to be his soldiers. He made friends with two rulers named [[Jamukha]] and [[Toghrul]], and they helped him find his wife [[Börte]], who had been made a prisoner. However, Temüjin and Jamukha started to dislike each