High Middle Ages · Central Asia · War

1196

Genghis Khan defeats the Tatars

1196

In alliance with the Jin and his blood-brother Jamukha's old lord, Temujin helped annihilate the Tatar confederacy that had poisoned his father. The Jin emperor rewarded him with a Chinese title. The campaign marked his first major step toward dominating the steppe. The Tatar defeat avenged Temujin's personal grief and eliminated one of the most powerful rival groups on the eastern Mongolian plains.

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Before and after in Central Asia

Before: 1194: End of the Seljuk Empire in Iran
After: 1203: Temujin defeats the Kereit confederation

Before and after in War

Before: July 18, 1195: Battle of Alarcos
After: 1197: German crusade to the Holy Land

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.