For #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.

Check out the playlist here:    • #ProjectHerStory  

Check out the previous video in the playlist, A Long, long Time Ago's video on Emma of Normandy:    • Emma of Normandy | #ProjectHerStory  

Check out the next video in the playlist: Hikma History's the Sultanate of Women:    • When Women Ruled the Ottoman Empire |...  

My video on Women Warriors in the Mongol Empire:    • Mongol Women Warriors: Did they Exist?  

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SOURCES USED:

The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the Thirteenth Century. Translated by Igor de Rachewiltz. Edited by John C. Street. 2015 https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent...

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.

MUSIC USED:

Dhaka by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Music is provided by Epidemic Sound. http://www.epidemicsound.com