Armed Forces and Units
Mongol Army
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The Mongol army was reorganized by Genghis Khan at the 1206 kurultai on the Onon River, when he unified Mongol society into a decimal military structure. Every man aged fifteen to seventy was conscripted into a minqan, a unit of a thousand soldiers, itself subdivided into units of hundreds and tens, deliberately mixing members of different tribes to break old clan loyalties and build loyalty to the new Mongol state instead.
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Force TypeDecimal-organized mounted army (minqan/jaghun/arban units) 1 Founded Year Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Genghis Khan
Wikipediabody text, 1206 kurultai sectionQuote, body text, 1206 kurultai section
Every man between the age of fifteen and seventy was conscripted into a minqan
1. Wikipedia: Genghis Khan
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a unit of a thousand soldiers, which was further subdivided into units of hundreds...and tens
1. Wikipedia: Genghis Khan
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founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire
1. Wikipedia: Genghis Khan
Wikipedia: Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire
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Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan (with Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedei, Tolui, Subutai, Jebe, Shigi Qutuqu)
Wikipedia: Mongol bow
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a 13th-century Mongol bow from Tsagaan-Khad
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