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Ancient sources described Genghis Khan's conquests as wholesale destruction on an unprecedented scale in certain geographical regions, causing great demographic changes in Asia. According to the works of the Iranian historian Rashid al-Din (1247–1318), the Mongols killed more than 1,300,000 people in Merv and more than 1,747,000 in Nishapur .
It is estimated that only Second World War exceeds the total death toll of Mongol campaigns with approx. 66 million deaths on multiple continents, though at the time it was only 2.5% of total world population. Like other notable conquerors, Genghis Khan is portrayed differently by those he conquered and those who conquered with him.
Genghis Khan is said to have killed 1,748,000 people in a single hour. Did he really? Amazing fact: no. Francesco Vaninetti Photo / Getty Images. The 1,748,000 refers to the estimated population in April 1221 of a Persian city called Nishapur [source: Hinson].
Contemporary Persian historians placed the death toll from the three sieges alone at over 5.7 million—a number regarded as grossly exaggerated by modern scholars. [147] Nevertheless, even a total death toll of 1.25 million for the entire campaign, as estimated by John Man, would have been a demographic catastrophe. [148]
Not including the mortality from the Plague in Europe, West Asia, or China [37] it is possible that between 20 and 57 million people were killed between 1206 and 1405 during the various campaigns of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Timur.
Scholars generally agree that Genghis Khan died in his mid-60s in August 1227, according to a 14th-century text known as The History Of Yuan. The document stated that he died eight days after feeling ill, but experts are still unsure what sickness exactly killed him.
Death & Legacy. Genghis Khan died on 18 August 1227 of an unknown illness, perhaps initially caused by falling from his horse while hunting a few months earlier.
Genghis Khan died in 1227 during a military campaign against the Chinese kingdom of Xi Xia. His final resting place remains unknown. Genghis Khan: The Early Years
Genghis Khan (born 1162, near Lake Baikal, Mongolia—died August 18, 1227) was a Mongolian warrior-ruler, one of the most famous conquerors of history, who consolidated tribes into a unified Mongolia and then extended his empire across Asia to the Adriatic Sea.
For more on the man who helped shape the modern world, check out some facts about his death toll, his empire, and his many, many descendants. 1. Genghis Khan’s empire map was vast.