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In what year was Temüjin acclaimed Genghis Khan, founding the Mongol Empire?
Temüjin was acclaimed Genghis Khan at the kurultai (tribal council) of 1206, at the age of approximately 44. 1258 is the Mongol sack of Baghdad; 1279 is the completion of the conquest of Southern Song China under Kublai Khan; 1368 is the fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China.
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The Mongol Empire The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history, founded by Genghis Khan in 1206 and reaching its greatest extent under his successors by 1279. It controlled, at peak, approximately 24 million square kilometres of central and eastern Eurasia and approximately 110 million people.
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