Persons mentioned in the text
Chronology: the rise of Mongol Empire
Eurasian nomads : ecological, geographical, and historical considerations
Origins of Chinggis Khan : Mongolia in the twelfth century
Education of a hero, 1160s-1180s
Making of a khan, 1180s-1190s
Uniting the people, 1190s-1205
Organizing the empire, 1205-1210
Opening a southern front : the first China campaigns, 1207-1218
To Central Asia and beyond : from Mongol khan to world conqueror, 1218-1223
Return to Mongolia : last Tangut campaign and Chinggis Khan's death, 1224-1227
Legacies : the Mongol Empire, Eurasian history, and modern Mongolia
