Genghis Khan is a person.
Genghis Khan . After founding the Empire and being proclaimed `` Genghis Khan '' , he started the Mongol invasions that conquered most of Eurasia . Before Genghis Khan died he assigned Ögedei Khan as his successor . Although known for the brutality of his campaigns and considered by many to have been a genocidal ruler , Genghis Khan is also credited with bringing the Silk Road under one cohesive political environment . The Mongol conquest of Western Xia was a series of conflicts between the Mongol Empire and the Western Xia dynasty , also known as the Tangut Empire , or Minya .