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=== Mongol Empire ===
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* started by Genghis Khan or "Temüjin"
* Temüjin is Chinese and may mean or be related to Truco-Mongol for "blacksmith"
** Temüjin was given to him by his father upon defeat of a Tatar chief named Temüjin-üge
* "Genghis Khan" means "great leader" or "universal ruler"
** Khan meant chief of a clan (tribe)
** Genghis may mean "sea" thus suggesting "ruler of the seas," thus all of the world
* "Mongol" means "whole great nation"
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* Genghis Khan conquered / united central/northern Asian "tribal confederations" who were in constant warfare with one another 

[[File:Mongol Empire c.1207.png|thumb|Mongol Empire c. 1207, upon Genghis Khan's consolidation of Mongol tribes in the northern steppe. Temüjin took the name "Genghis Khan" that year.|250x250px|none]]

* upon Genghis Khan's death the empire was divided into four "fragment" empires:

[[File:Asia in 1335.svg|thumb|Asia in 1335, showing the four "Khanates", successor empires to the Mongol Empire, often referred to as "fragments" of it. The four "khanates" are 

*Yuan Dynasty
* Golden Horde
* Chagatai Khanate
* Ilkhanate Khanate

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