13 Timelines

TIMELINE OF GENGHIS KHAN'S LIFE 1162 Born on a hill near the Onon River 1171 Father is poisoned by Tatars and dies; family is abandoned by his father's tribe 1173 Becomes blood brothers with Jamuka 1175 Murders his half brother, Begter, then is kidnapped and imprisoned by his former tribe 1178 Marries Borte and forges an alliance with the Kereyid ruler, Toghril 1179 Borte is kidnapped by the Merkid, then rescued by Temujin, Jamuka, and Toghril Joins Jamuka's tribe First son, Jochi, is born 1181 Leaves Jamuka's tribe 1189 Named leader of the Mongols at Blue Lake 1190 Fights first battle against Jamuka 1195 Raids the Tatars 1197 Establishes Aurag, a homeland for his people 1201 Battles Jamuka's forces a second time, with the help of Toghril 1202 Conquers the Tatars; reorganizes the Mongol army 1204 Defeats Jamuka

1206 Is named Genghis Khan; establishes the Great Mongol Nation 1211 Attacks the Jurched in northern China 1219 Names Ogodei, his third son, as his successor 1220 Conquers the Khwarizm Empire 1227 Dies while on campaign in northwest China

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD CA. 1150 King Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, dies 1154 Henry II becomes King of England 1161 The Jurched navy of northern China is defeated by the Sung of southern China 1163 Construction begins on Notre Dame cathedral in Paris 1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is murdered 1173 Work begins on the Tower of Pisa 1178 The Tower of Pisa begins to lean 1180 The Genpei War in Japan begins between the rival Taira and Minamoto clans 1181 St. Francis of Assisi is born 1189 European leaders launch the Third Crusade to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims 1202 Arabic numerals are introduced to Europe 1203 Dunama Dabbalemi becomes king of the Kanem Empire in present-day Chad 1204 Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, is captured in the Fourth Crusade 1209 The University of Cambridge is founded 1215 The Magna

1209 Carta is signed by King John of England 1217 The Fifth Crusade begins