The Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chinghis Khan (expanded Edition) : an Adaptation of the Yüan Chʼao...
- ISBN-10
- 0887272991
- ISBN-13
- 9780887272998
- Series
- The Secret History of the Mongols
- Category
- Foreign Language Study
- Pages
- 201
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cheng & Tsui
- Authors
- Paul Kahn, Francis Woodman Cleaves
Description
This adaptation of what is recognized today as the oldest Mongolian text (written two decades after Chingis Khan's death) tells the Mongols' own version of the origin of their nation, the life of C
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