Biographical dossier

Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan is classified in the historical people index as MILITARY PERSONNEL. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q720
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q720
Wikidata ID
Q720
Occupation class
MILITARY PERSONNEL
Life span
AD 1162–AD 1227
Birth anchor
Khentii Mountains (AD 1162)
Death anchor
Yinchuan (AD 1227)
HPI
97.72366930454571

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1162 and AD 1227. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Khentii Mountains (AD 1162). Death: Yinchuan (AD 1227).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class MILITARY PERSONNEL. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 25.843621013671623.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?