Mothers of the Mongol Empire

Women may be largely absent from traditional accounts of the Mongol conquests, but they played a crucial role in creating the largest of all land empires.

Chinggis Khan seated with his wife, possibly Börte. Miniature from a Mongolian history in verse, Persia, 15th century.

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