Hoelun: Mother of Chinggis Khan (1140-1206)
March 20, 2020
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as posted by the channelFor #ProjectHerstory, a multi-Youtuber collaboration for Women's History Month, our contribution looks at Hoelun, the mother of famed conqueror Chinggis Khan (Genghis Khan). We got through the events of her life, and her role in carrying her son to his destiny.
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The Secret History of the MongolsA Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century. Translated by Igor de Rachewiltz. Edited by John C. Street. 2015
The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century. Translated with a Historical and Philological Commentary by Igor de Rachewiltz. 2 Vols. Brill: Boston, 2004.
De Nicola, Bruno. Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206-1335. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
Broadbridge, Anne F. Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license ()
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