Mongol Ascendancy and the Ming

Temujin, was the son of a Mongolian tribal chief. When he was just a boy his father was slain and Temujin would be forced to flee for his life. He wandered for years before finally returning to the village to avenge his father's death. Then, as he grew he gradually ascended in the Mongol hierarchy. He was almost 40 years old (1206 AD), when he became their supreme leader, a man the world would soon know as Chinggis(Genghis) Khan. Shortly afterward, Chinngis united all of the tribes of the steppe, a large expanse of grassland in southeastern Europe.