Genghis Khan's Campaigns: Route Map & Timeline

Genghis Khan: 7 stops from 1206 to 1227, from Source of the Onon to Liupan Mountains.

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Route and timeline

#	Year	Place	What happened
1	1206	Source of the Onon	A great kurultai proclaims him Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire is born.
2	1209	Western Xia	Attacks the Western Xia and forces them to pay tribute.
3	1215	Zhongdu	Takes Zhongdu, the Jin capital (today's Beijing).
4	1219	Otrar	After his envoys and merchants are killed, he marches west against Khwarezm.
5	1220	Samarkand	Takes Bukhara and Samarkand.
6	1221	Indus	Pursues Jalal ad-Din to the banks of the Indus.
7	1227	Liupan Mountains	Dies on a new campaign against the Western Xia.

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Mozart's Travels · 1756 — 1791
Napoleon's Campaigns · 1769 — 1815
Harald Hardrada · 1030 — 1066
Peter the Great · 1682 — 1725
Xuanzang's Journey to India · 629 — 645
Marco Polo's Travels · 1271 — 1295
Ibn Battuta's Travels · 1325 — 1354
Zheng He's Voyages · 1405 — 1433
Columbus's Voyages · 1492 — 1504
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Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.