Khan was almost sixty when he started having health problems, he tried to have a Daoist monk give him immortality, but that did not work. Genghis Khan knew that he had to figure out who could be a successor soon, so that the Mongol Empire did not fail after he died, he chose his son, Ogedei, to take over after he died. While Khan was away trying to get a potion to make him live forever, the Tangut Xi Xia Empire had stopped following orders given by the Mongols. So in 1226, Genghis Khan led the Mongol army to the Xi Xia Empire and slaughtered as many people as possible. While still trying to conquer the Xi Xia Empire, Khan died from unknown causes. It is controversial how he died, some say he died in war, from illness, from falling off his horse, or wounds sustained in hunting. Before he died, Khan made his army vow to wipe the Tanguts off of the Earth, they killed or sold as many as they could into slavery. They completely demolished the Xi Xia Empire and everybody who lived in
Khan was almost sixty when he started having health problems, he tried to have a Daoist monk give him immortality, but that did not work. Genghis Khan knew that he had to figure out who could be a successor soon, so that the Mongol Empire did not fail after he died, he chose his son, Ogedei, to take over after he died. While Khan was away trying to get a potion to make him live forever, the Tangut Xi Xia Empire had stopped following orders given by the Mongols. So in 1226, Genghis Khan led the Mongol army to the Xi Xia Empire and slaughtered as many people as possible. While still trying to conquer the Xi Xia Empire, Khan died from unknown causes. It is controversial how he died, some say he died in war, from illness, from falling off his horse, or wounds sustained in hunting. Before he died, Khan made his army vow to wipe the Tanguts off of the Earth, they killed or sold as many as they could into slavery. They completely demolished the Xi Xia Empire and everybody who lived in