The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

ALSO BY

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May the Golden Light of the Eternal Blue Sky

forever bless the mothers and the daughters

of the Great Mongol Nation

CONTENTS

Map of the Mongol Empire (1206–1368)

INTRODUCTION

The Missing Chapter

PART I

Tiger Queens of the Silk Route 1206–1241

1 It Takes a Hero

2 The Growling Dragon and the Dancing Peacock

3 Our Daughters Are Our Shields

4 Queens at War and Commerce

PART II

The Shattered Jade Realm 1242–1470

5 War Against Women

6 Granddaughters of Resistance

7 The Rabbit Demon’s Revenge

8 Daughter of the Yellow Dragon

9 The Falling Prince and the Rising Queen

PART III

Wolf Mother 1470–1509

10 The White Road of the Warrior Widow

11 Winning the War and Raising a Husband

12 Facing the Wall

13 Her Jade Realm Restored

EPILOGUE

The Secrets of History

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

The Missing Chapter