He was the founder of the Mongol Empire - Mongolians believe he was the founding father of Mongolia. Who was he?
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He was the founder of the Mongol Empire - Mongolians believe he was the founding father of Mongolia. Who was he?
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
Maharana Pratap
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan (born Temüjin) united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire in 1206, becoming the first Great Khan. Alexander the Great was Macedonian (4th century BC), Maharana Pratap was a 16th-century Rajput ruler of Mewar, and Kublai Khan was Genghis Khan's grandson who established the Yuan Dynasty in China.
Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes in the early 13th century and founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous land empire in history; Mongolians revere him as their founding father. Kublai Khan was his grandson who later expanded the empire into China and founded the Yuan Dynasty, but he did not found the empire itself.