Table of Contents

Part 1 The origins and boyhood years of Genghis Khan (Temuchin): homeland and ancestry; Temuchin's birth; Temuchin's youth; the murder of Bekhter; Temuchin in Tayichi'ut captivity; horse rustling; Temuchin seeks a protector; the Merkit attack; teh break between Temuchin and Jamuka; the road to power. Part 2 Rise to supremacy on the steppe: Temuchin's election as Khan; the struggle between Temuchin and Jamuka; the quarrel with the Jurkin; a gap in Temuchin's life history?; Toghrul flees to Kara-Khitai; the attack on the Tartars; the struggle against Sachi-beki; the battle with Buiruk-khan; the election of Jamuka as Gurkhan; the extermination of the Tartars; the breach in the alliance between Teumuchin and Wang-khan; Temuchin's messages to his opponents; the end of the Kerait empire; war against the Naimans; Jamuka's end. Part 3 Genghis Khan - ruler of the Mongol empire: the Khuriltai of 1206; the Shaman and the emperor; the consolidation of the empire; war with the Tanguts; the war in China; the expedition against Kuchlug; war with Sultan Muhammad of Khwarazm; the world conqueror and the Taoist monk; the death of Jochi; the return to Mongolia; Genghis Khan's last campaign; the death and burial of Genghis Khan. Part 4 Personality and achievements: the man; the conquests. Part 5 The structure of the Mongol world empire: the administration of the empire; Genghis Khan's legislation; Genghis Khan's religious policies; the legacy of Genghis Khan.