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Genghis Khan Gengis Khan was the Khagan emperor of the Mongolian Empire which we was the founder of, this was the longest contiguous empire in history. Genghis Khan ruled from 1206-1227. He did this by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia.

Genghis Khan was able to obtain such a large area of land by uniting many tribes and confederations of northeast Asia. Those tribes included the Naimans, Merkits, Uyghurs, Tatars, Mongols, and Keraits. Until Genghis came to Asia these tribes had been at war preforming random raids on each other.



The Genghis rule started in a small area of northeast Asia but by the end of his empire it had expanded to most of Asia and Part of Europe. He did this by following a military and civilian code called the Yassa. This way of rule was very strict, for example, if a person dropped his water jug and the person behind him didn't pick it up he would be put to death. This caused everyone to be at best behavior and work more than they normally would if they were under different rule. Due to the Empires large size it was one of the most ethnically diverse empires of all time. Because of the ethnic diversity there were many different religions in Genghis' rule, so the people in the Mongolian rule had to learn religious tolerance. This meant that the people lived with each other even though they had different religions.The religions in his rule included Buddhism, Muslim, shamanist, and Christianity.

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