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title: Genghis Khan's Empire
author: Arienne King
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11274/genghis-khans-empire/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Genghis Khan's Empire

_Authored by Arienne King_

## Image File

[![Genghis Khan's Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11274.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11274.png)

## Image Caption

The extent of the [empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/empire/) of [Genghis Khan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Genghis_Khan/) (c. 1162/67-1227 CE) upon his [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/) in 1227 CE, along with the extents of several major contemporaneous states.

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## Bibliography

- [Andrew Jotischky. *The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World.* Penguin Books, 2005.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/0141014490/)
- [R. Abazov. *Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Central Asia.* Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/1403975426/)
- [Yuri Bregel. *An Historical Atlas of Central Asia (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der..* Brill, 2003.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/9004123210/)

## Cite This Work

### APA
King, A. (2019, October 01). Genghis Khan's Empire. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11274/genghis-khans-empire/>
### Chicago
King, Arienne. "Genghis Khan's Empire." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 01, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11274/genghis-khans-empire/>.
### MLA
King, Arienne. "Genghis Khan's Empire." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Oct 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11274/genghis-khans-empire/>.

## License & Copyright

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