Genghis Khan brought together the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia to form the Mongol Empire.
Genghis Khan -LRB- -LSB- ds_kn -RSB- , usually pronounced -LSB- s_kn -RSB-   , ingis hn -LSB- tis xa -RSB- , c. 1162 August 18 , 1227 -RRB- , born Temjin , was the Great Khan and founder of the Mongol Empire , which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death .	Mongol Empire	Mongol Empire	Khan	Khan (title)	Great Khan	Khagan	Mongol	Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet	largest contiguous empire	World's largest empires
He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia .	Northeast Asia	Northeast Asia
