After eliminating his opponents, the tribal chief Temujin (Blacksmith) was elevated to the position of Genghis Khan and proclaimed 'supreme ruler' at an assembly of all Mongol, Turkish and Tartars peoples of the steppes. in 1206.

From 1205 to 1241 the Mongol horsemen subjected a world empire which stretched from Northern China to the Black Sea.

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