Mongol ruler who united the steppe tribes in 1206 and began the conquests of the Mongol Empire, from China to Eastern Europe. The Yuan dynasty counts him as its founder; Mao Zedong's poem on snow calls him 一代天骄.
Chéngjísīhán jiànlì le lìshǐ shàng zuì dà de liánxù dìguó.
Genghis Khan established the largest contiguous empire in history.
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The final 汗 is the title 'khan' and is read hán, rising tone, not hàn as in 汗 'sweat'. The grander title 可汗, 'khan of khans', uses the same character with the same reading.
Founder of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227), one of the most famous conquerors in world history; the subject of countless films, TV dramas, and the 1979 disco song by Dschinghis Khan
