1206 — The steppe united

ON THE GROUND

the north is the Jurchen Jin empire; the Song rule only south of the Huai
the northwest corridor is the Tangut state of Xi Xia
the Tibetan plateau — Buddhist principalities beyond the contest until the 1240s

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CH 1 — The World of the Steppe CH 2 — Temüjin Becomes Genghis Khan

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