The Women Who Ran Genghis Khan’s Empire

Image caption: Grand Empress Börte (left) and Genghis Khan, more accurately called Chinggis Khan, from a 16th-century book commissioned by Mughal emperor Akbar the Great, who claimed descent from the khan. Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum/Public Domain. Article by Sarah Durn. Atlas Obscura – May 26, 2022.

From fighting in the army to managing the kingdom, women were key players in every aspect of the Mongol Empire.

In 1178, a 17-year-old Mongol woman married a man she hardly knew. And while her husband traveled and fought and conquered, she ruled those who remained in Mongolia, managing every aspect of daily life in a massive nomadic camp. Commanders and shepherds alike reported to her, […]

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