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Temujin, Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Historical Figure
Nationality: Mongol Empire
Year of Birth: c. 1162
Year of Death: 1227
Cause of Death: Disputed
Occupation: Monarch, Warrior
Parents: Yesugei and Hoelun
Spouse: Bortei and numerous others
Children: Several
Relatives: Kublai Khan, Hulagu Khan (grandsons)
House: Borjigin
Political Office(s): Khagan of the Mongol Empire
Fictional Appearances:
"The Barbecue, the Movie, & Other Unfortunately Not So Relevant Material"
Set in OTL
Type of Appearance: Posthumous references
"Character"
Metafictional Fantasy
Type of Appearance: Contemporary reference

Temujin, Genghis Khan (ca. 1162 – 18 August 1227) was a Mongol Khan (ruler) and posthumously Khagan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire. Born with the name Temüjin into the Borjigin clan, he united the Central Asian tribes and founded the Mongol Empire (1206–1368), the largest contiguous and second largest overall empire in world history.

Before becoming a Khan, Temüjin united many of the nomadic tribes of north-east Asia and Central Asia under a new social identity as the "Mongols." Starting with the invasion of western Xia and Jin Dynasty in northern China and consolidating through numerous conquests including the Khwarezmid Empire in Persia, Mongol rule across the Eurasian landmass radically altered the demography and geopolitics of these areas. The Mongol Empire ended up ruling, or at least briefly conquering and/or invading large parts of East Asia, Central Asia, Northern Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, and attacking places as far as Central Europe and Southeast Asia.

Genghis Khan died in 1227. The causes of his death are not clear. His sons and grandsons controlled the empire after his death and it grew and endured for over 150 years.

Genghis Khan in "The Barbecue, the Movie, & Other Unfortunately Not So Relevant Material"[]

Some fifty to sixty thousand years in the future, Lasoporp Rof was a graduate student in ancientest history. His dissertation was to be on the expansion of the Mongol Empire during the Mid-Middle First Primitive Period so he received permission to use a time machine to travel back and observe Genghis Khan. His trip did not go as planned.[1]

Genghis Khan in "Character"[]

When Steve, a fictional character who knew he was fictional, became an omniscient observer within the story he was appearing, he learned of the legend that Minamoto Yoshitune escaped Japan to the Asian mainland and became Genghis Khan. However, Steve didn't know for sure that was what happened, and the story in which he was a character ended before he could learn for sure.[2]

References[]

  1. See, e.g., Departures, pgs. 188-199.
  2. Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2021
Royal offices
(OTL)
Preceded by
Qutula Khan
Khagan of Khamag Mongol
1189–1206
Succeeded by
Himself, as Khagan of the Mongol Empire
Preceded by
Himself, as Khagan of Khamag Mongol
Khagan of the Mongol Empire
1206–1227
Succeeded by
Tolui (Regent)
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