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Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated

In 1227 Chinggis Khan died during the Xi Xia campaign. Genghis Khan's documented role is: He died in 1227 while Xi Xia was being destroyed. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1227 Chinggis Khan died during the Xi Xia campaign. The grave is not a public register. Genghis Khan's documented role is: He died in 1227 while Xi Xia was being destroyed. Succession among sons was already tense; burial was secret in the received file.

Context

Ögedei was the designated heir in the received file, with Jochi already dead or dying in the same cluster. Sharing succession with those sons is required. The setting of Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated is the public file around 1227-08-01. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated. Naming Genghis Khan does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1227-08-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated on 1227-08-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Genghis Khan

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    He died in 1227 while Xi Xia was being destroyed. Succession among sons was already tense; burial was secret in the received file.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactChinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 August 1227 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Encyclopaedia Iranica — Čengīz KhanEncyclopaedia Iranica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Genghis Khan, Kereit warEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Encyclopaedias date the death.

Official locator: Britannica — Genghis Khan, death 1227 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Čengīz Khan, death at https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Iranica). Official carrier: Britannica — Genghis Khan, death 1227 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Encyclopaedia Iranica — Čengīz Khan, death (https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cengiz-khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Iranica).

Established: a sourced public record of Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated under 1227-08-01 for Genghis Khan. Established: a sourced public record of Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated under 1227-08-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGenghis Khan
  2. contributed toFactChinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Chinggis Khan dies during the Xi Xia campaign as later dated. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-death-1227

https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-death-1227

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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