The secret history of the Mongol queens : how the daughters of Genghis Khan rescued his empire / Jack Weatherford.
By: Weatherford, Jack [author.].
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BookPublisher: [Ulaanbaatar] : Printed in Mongolia with the permission of the Crown Publishing Group, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9789997886224; 9789996217616; 9996217612.Other title: Mongol queens.Subject(s): Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Family | Queens -- Mongolia -- History | Daughters -- Mongolia -- History | Women -- Mongolia -- History | Inheritance and succession -- Mongolia -- History | Mongols -- History | Mongols -- Biography | Mongolia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Mongolia -- History | Mongolia -- BiographyDDC classification: 950.20922 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index.
The missing chapter -- Tiger queens of the Silk Route, 1206-1241 -- It takes a hero -- The growling dragon and the dancing peacock -- Our daughters are our shields -- Queens at war and commerce -- The shattered jade realm, 1242-1470 -- War against women -- Granddaughters of resistance -- The rabbit demon's revenge -- Daughter of the yellow dragon -- The falling prince and the rising queen -- Wolf mother, 1470-1509 -- The white road of the warrior widow -- Winning the war and raising a husband -- Facing the wall -- Her jade realm restored -- The secrets of history.
A history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, this work reveals their struggle to preserve a nation that shaped the world.
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