Empress Börte and Life for Women in the Mongol Empire

The Exploress Podcast by Kate J. Armstrong

Mar 30, 202650:44Society & Culture

Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan is pretty famous for building the largest contiguous land empire the world has ever seen. But he couldn't have done it with his wife, Börte. She was his advisor in all things, bore him MANY chi...

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