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Genghis Khan , Mongol conqueror and founder of the Mongol Empire, which reached from the the continent of Asia . Originally named Temujin, he was born on the banks of the Onon River, near the present day border between northern Mongolia and southeastern Russia. The newborn infant is said to have held in his hand a large clot of blood, showing the world his fate as a conqueror. Genghis Khan the thirteen century emperor, was infamous for his bloodthirsty ruthless campaigns, but he was also one of the great commanders of history. Though a master of terror his campaigns in northern China and Iran were brought by a level of terror and slaughter that was not seen again until the twentieth century. He was just and generous to his subjects. his ideas were ambitious strategies and elusive tactics were so far ahead of their time that they were acknowledged models for some of the most successful tank commanders of the Second World War. At the beginning of the thirteenth century Genghis khan united the nomad tribes of Mongolia turned them into a worthy army and led them to rule over the largest empire ever conquered by a single commander. By the time he died, in 1233, his empire stretched eastward from the Caspian Sea to the shores of Paci