Mongol Empire

Genghis Khan

Jan 1, 1206

Temujin becomes the ruler of the Mongols. He then assumes the name Genghis Kong which means " UNiversal Leader" .

The Mongol Empire Expands

Jan 1, 1207

The Mongol Empire Expads thanks to Genghis Khon. Being pressured by both spiritual needs and scracity of food ,Khan attacks the Kingdom of Xi Xia. After two years of fighting he forces it to surrender. Due to luxurious plantation he then attacks Northern China under the Jin Dynasty and creates a war that lasts 20 years

Genghis Khan invades the Khwarzin Dynasty.

Jan 1, 1219

n 1219, Khan leads an army of 200,000 Mongol soldiers against the Khwarzin Dynasty in response to the Khwarzin leader's refusal to cooperate. The Mongols brutally invade every city they came across, killing or enslaving everyone they came across.

The Mongols destroy the Tangut Dynasty of Xi Xia.

Jan 1, 1221

Though subjugated under the Mongols, the Tangut Dynasty of Xi Xia refuses to lend military support to the campaign against the Khwarzin Dynasty, instead going into open rebellion. After defeating the Khwarzins, Genghis Khan immediately takes his army back to Xi Xia and begins a string of victories over the Tanguts. After victory, he orders the execution of the Tanguts, thereby putting an end to their dynasty.

Genghis Khan dies

Jan 1, 1227

Genghis Khan dies soon after defeating the Tanguts. Before his death, he bestows leadership on his third son, Ogedei. His younger brother, Tolui, holds the regency for Ogedei until the formal election at the kurultai two years later. He immediately begins to expand and fortify the empire.

War against the Jin Dynasty begins

Jan 1, 1230

Khan Ogedei personally leads his army against the Jin Dynasty in China.general, Subutai, captures the Emperor Wanyan's capital city, Kaifeng. Three Mongol armies form an alliance with the Song Dynasty and finish off the Jin.

Ogedei dies

Jan 1, 1241

Ogedei dies, which forces Batu Khan, Genghis Khan's grandson and leader of the Golden Horde, to withdraw his invasion of Europe, which had reached the Holy Roman Empire. Batu Khan is forced to return for the kurultai to select Ogedei's successor but he refuses, sparking a four-year stalemate.

Guyku is eleceted as Great Khan

Jan 1, 1246

Due to a threat from Genghis Khan's youngest brother, Temuge, Batu finally allies with Guyuk and allows his forces to attend the kurultai, which elects Guyuk as the next Great Khan. He refutes his mother's policies and punishes her supporters. He continues campaigns to expand into Song China, Iraq, and the Korean Peninsula.

Mongke Khan is a great ruler

Jan 1, 1248

In 1248, Guyuk gathers troops to march westwards from Karakorum, but he dies before battle begins. His rival Batu calls a kurultai in his own territory, which his rivals refuse to attend, and he nominates Mongke, a grandson of Genghis Khan. This causes a division in the empire between the descendants of Ogedei on one side and Mongke and the descendants of Genghis's other son, Tolui. Mongke comes to power and institutes a bloody purge of the Ogedei line.