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Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it

Around 1202, as later Secret History chronology dates it, Temüjin ordered the destruction of the Tatars, including a received height-threshold killing of males. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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Around 1202, as later Secret History chronology dates it, Temüjin ordered the destruction of the Tatars, including a received height-threshold killing of males. It is a massacre heading, not a census. Genghis Khan's documented role is: He ordered a massacre of Tatar males above a height threshold as later told. Followers executed it; unique headcounts are not invented.

Context

Sharing the killing with named noyans is required. 1206 is a different instrument. The setting of Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it is the public file around 1202-01-01. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it on 1202-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

Who was responsible

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

  • Genghis Khan

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.56 · verified

    He ordered a massacre of Tatar males above a height threshold as later told. Followers executed it; unique headcounts are not invented.

What changed

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

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Genghis Khan, Kereit warEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Internet Archive — Secret History of the Mongols English as later carrierInternet Archive · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Internet Archive — Secret History of the Mongols English as later carrier at https://archive.org/details/secrethistoryofthemongolsfranciswoodmancleaves_814_r (opens in a new tab) (Internet Archive). Independent locator: Britannica — Genghis Khan, early tribal wars at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Internet Archive — Secret History of the Mongols English as later carrier (https://archive.org/details/secrethistoryofthemongolsfranciswoodmancleaves_814_r (opens in a new tab); Internet Archive). Independent carrier: Britannica — Genghis Khan, early tribal wars (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genghis-Khan (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it under 1202-01-01 for Genghis Khan. Established: a sourced public record of Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it under 1202-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Year-level is honest. Mixed effects of Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it are separate paths.

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

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

Shared responsibility is part of Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it. Naming Genghis Khan does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1202-01-01 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.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorGenghis Khan
  2. contributed toFactTemüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Temüjin orders the destruction of the Tatars as later Secret History chronology dates it. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-tatar-1202

https://factrail.ai/facts/gk-tatar-1202

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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