| DATE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
| 1167 | Born Temujin, the son of a Mongol chief. |
| 1180 | Succeeds his father as tribal chief. |
| 1180-1205 | Suppresses internal revolts and conquers his hostile neighbours. |
| 1206 | Conquers almost all of Mongolia and proclaimed Genghis Khan ("precious warrior lord"). |
| 1208 | Begins conquest of China. |
| 1215 | Captures Yenking, the last Chinese stronghold. |
| 1218 | Korean Peninsula falls to the Mongols. |
| 1219 | Invades the Turkish empire of Khoresm. |
| 1220-1221 | Conquers the cities of Peshawar and Lahore and the surrounding countryside. |
| 1222-1225 | Invades Russia and plunders the region between the Volga and Dnepr rivers and from the Persian Gulf to the Arctic Ocean. |
| 1227 | Dies August 18 and the Mongol Empire is divided among his three sons. |
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