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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: 1227 births, 1227 by country, 1227 crimes, 1227 deaths, 1227 disestablishments, 1227 elections, 1227 establishments, 1227 in Europe, Conflicts in 1227, Western Xia, Pope Honorius III, Pope Nicholas IV, Genghis Khan, Marco I Sanudo, Henry III the White, List of state leaders in 1227, Jochi, Leszek I the White, Ken Arok, Blackfriars, Bristol, Virumaa, Guala Bicchieri, Papal election, 1227, Qiu Chuji, Taifa of Denia, Conrad of Urach, Bartholomew of Lucca, Balmerino Abbey, Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Sicily, Battle of Bornhoved, Battle of Ane, Renaud I, Count of Dammartin, Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Daniel and Companions, Aju, H j Tokiyori, Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami, Suleyman Shah, Hu Zhiyu, Battle of Muhu, Abdallah al-Adil, Muj, Gertrude of Aldenberg, Shimazu Tadahisa, Vladislaus, Margrave of Moravia, Otto II of Lippe, William FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cumania, Al-Mu'azzam, H j Nagatoki, Fang Hui, 1227 in poetry, Fordham Priory, 1227 in Ireland. Excerpt: Genghis Khan (pronounced or; Mongolian: or, or, aka Chengiz Khan), IPA: probably 1162-1227), born Borjigin Temujin .), was the founder, Khan (ruler) and Khagan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan," he started the Mongol invasions that would ultimately result in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or invasions of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia and Jin dynasties. These campaigns were often accompanied by wholesale massacres of the civilian populations - especially in K...
