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Genghis Khan ( often pronounced ; c . 1162 August 18 , 1227 ), born Temüjin , was the founder and Great Khan ( Emperor ) of the ___MASK73___ , which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death . The Highlands (" the place of the Gaels ") are a historic region of ___MASK34___ . The region became culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period , when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands . The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault , although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined , particularly to the east . The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands . The Scottish Gaelic name of " A ' Ghàidhealtachd " literally means " the place of the Gaels " and traditionally , from a Gaelic - speaking point of view , includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands . Khabul Khan was the first known Khan of the ___MASK4___ confederation and great - grandfather to Genghis Khan . Borjigin ( plural Borjigid " Borjigin " " Bordjigin "; Mongolian script : , " Borjigit "), is the last name of the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors . The senior Borjigids provided ruling princes for ___MASK47___ and Inner ___MASK47___ until the 20th century . The clan formed the ruling class among the Mongols and some other peoples of Central Asia and Eastern Europe . Today , the Borjigid are found in most of ___MASK47___ , Inner ___MASK47___ , and Xinjiang , although genetic research has shown that descent from Genghis Khan is common in Central Asia . Central Asia or Middle Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to ___MASK41___ in the east and from ___MASK6___ in the south to Russia in the north . It is also colloquially referred to as " the ' stans " ( as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "- stan ", meaning " land of ") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent . The ___MASK73___ ( Mongolian : " Mongolyn Ezent Güren " ; Mongolian Cyrillic :    also (" Horde ") in Russian chronicles ) existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history . Originating in the steppes of Central Asia , the ___MASK73___ eventually stretched from Central Europe to the Sea of Japan , extending northwards into Siberia , eastwards and southwards into the Indian subcontinent , Indochina , and the Iranian plateau , and westwards as far as the Levant and Arabia . A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent . Even if lineage details are unknown , clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor . The kinship - based bonds may be symbolic , whereby the clan shares a " stipulated " common ancestor that is a symbol of the clan ' s unity . When this " ancestor " is non - human , it is referred to as a totem , which is frequently an animal . The word clan is derived from the Gaelic " clann " meaning " children or progeny " but not " family " in the Irish and the Scottish Gaelic languages . According to the " Oxford English Dictionary ", the word was introduced into English in around 1425 , as a label for the nature of the society of the Scottish Highlands ll . Clans in indigenous societies tend to be exogamous , meaning that their members cannot marry one another . Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government and are in every country . Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show they are an independent clan . Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic , sometimes also referred to as Gaelic (" ), is a Celtic language native to ___MASK34___ . A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages , Scottish Gaelic , like Modern Irish and Manx , developed out of Middle Irish . The classical Mongolian script ( in Mongolian script : " Mongol biig "; in Mongolian Cyrillic :   " Mongol bichig "), also known as Hudum Mongol bichig , was the first writing system created specifically for the Mongolian language , and was the most successful until the introduction of Cyrillic in 1946 . Derived from Sogdian , Mongolian is a true alphabet , with separate letters for consonants and vowels . The Mongolian script has been adapted to write languages such as Oirat and Manchu . Alphabets based on this classical vertical script are used in Inner ___MASK47___ and other parts of China to this day to write Mongolian , Xibe and , experimentally , Evenki . The Mongols (" Mongolchuud ") are an East - Central Asian ethnic group native to ___MASK47___ and China ' s Inner ___MASK47___ Autonomous Region . They also live as minorities in other regions of China ( e . g . Xinjiang ), as well as in Russia . Mongolian people belonging to the Buryat and Kalmyk subgroups live predominantly in the Russian federal subjects of Buryatia and Kalmykia . Inner ___MASK47___ ( Mongolian : [" Öbür Monggol "] in Mongolian script , and " Övör Mongol " in Mongolian Cyrillic ), officially Inner ___MASK47___ Autonomous Region or Nei Mongol Autonomous Region , is an autonomous region of the People ' s Republic of China , located in the north of the country , containing most of China ' s border with ___MASK47___ ( the rest of the China - ___MASK47___ border is taken up by the Xinjiang autonomous region and Gansu province ) and a small section of the border with Russia . Its capital is Hohhot , and other major cities include Baotou , Chifeng , and Ordos . Khaidu ( c . 1040 - 1100 ) was a Mongol ruler from the Borjigin clan who was the great - great - grandson of Bodonchar Munkhag ( c . 850 - 900 ) . Khaidu ' s great - grandson was Khabul Khan ( c . 1100 - 1148 ) . Khabul Khan ' s great - grandson was Genghis Khan ( 1162 - 1227 ) . ___MASK4___ (" lit . " Whole Mongol "") was a major Mongolic tribal confederation ( khanlig ) on the Mongolian Plateau in the 12th century . It is sometimes also considered a predecessor state to the ___MASK73___ . Descent from Genghis Khan ( Altan urag , meaning " Golden lineage "), generally called Genghisids , is traceable primarily in Central Asia ; ___MASK47___ , Inner ___MASK47___ in China , and Siberia . His four sons and other immediate descendants are famous by names and by deeds . Later Asian potentates attempted to claim descent from the Borjigin even on flimsy grounds , such as was considered Mongol matrilineal descent . In the 14th century , valid sources ( heavily dependent on Rashid - al - Din Hamadani and other Muslim historians ) all but dried up . With the recent popularity of genealogical DNA testing , a larger and broader circle of people started to claim descent from Genghis Khan . The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) is a descriptive dictionary of the English language , published by the Oxford University Press . It traces the historical development of the English language , providing a comprehensive resource to scholars and ___MASK13___ researchers , as well as describing usage in its many variations throughout the world . The second edition came to 21 , 728 pages in 20 volumes , published in 1989 . ___MASK47___ ( Mongolian : [" Monggol Ulus "] in Mongolian script ; [" Mongol Uls "] in Mongolian Cyrillic ) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia . Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer ___MASK47___ , and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state . It is sandwiched between China to the south and Russia to the north . While it does not share a border with Kazakhstan , ___MASK47___ is separated from it by only . A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole , as is the case with an ethnic group or nation . Collectively , for example , the contemporary Frisians and Danes are two related ___MASK46___ , while various Middle Eastern ethnic groups are often linguistically categorized as Semitic peoples .