Two years after his death Kurultai choose Ögedei Khan, Genghis' son as new ruler. He died at the year 1226, when his army conquered Cumans and attacked Volga Bulgaria and India. With the beginning of 1211 he managed to expand empire with successful wars against Jin and until 1220 he gained Qara Khitai and Kwarazm in Central Asia. After that he started to capture several Siberian territories. In the year 1207 he started to conquer one of Chinese Kingdoms: Western Xia. After short civil war he started to conquer his neighbours. In next years he organised Great Kurultai (council of all khans, generals and other important people) in 1206, at which he declared birth of Mongol Empire with Karakorum as his capital city. Genghis Khan was a chief of the first one. Those nomadic tribes named themselves as e.g. This leader, known originally as Temüjin, started to unite then hostile towards each other tribes. Great Mongol Ulus was founded by legendary chief known nowadays as Genghis Khan, Kublai's grandfather. Expansion and later dissolution of Mongol Empire.
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