I think its stretching a little to think Mulan has anything to do with horse nomads. The Tang dynasty (618-907) marked a great increase of female freedoms and the China's only Empress that excised ...

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 ...

An illustration, based on a 15th century author’s imagining, of the court of the Great Khan in the 1200s. Credit: National Library of France On January 4, 1254, a French monk named William of Rubruck ...

A fearless warrior and ruthless conqueror, Genghis Khan's epic rise and the Mongolian Empire's incredible expansion are brought to thrilling life in this six-part series. Drawing on a new translation ...

"With the rise of projects to create global histories and art histories, the Mongol Empire is now widely taken as a fundamental watershed. In the later thirteenth century, the Mongol states ...

A state-aligned association in China has banned a book on the early history of the Mongols, allegedly for not adhering to the narratives and policies propagated by the communist regime, which experts ...

The Mongols are synonymous with sweeping conquests and unparalleled military prowess, but their story begins well before Genghis Khan unified their clans. These nomadic peoples endured harsh ...

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Kharkhorum, the one-time seat of the vast Mongol Empire, was so renowned in its day that travelers from as far away as Europe entered its walls to pay tribute to the Great Khaan Ögödei. After more ...

A fearless warrior and ruthless conqueror, Genghis Khan’s epic rise and the Mongolian Empire’s incredible expansion are brought to thrilling life in this six-part series. Drawing on a new translation ...