History of the Mongols

Author: Te Gombojab, translated by As
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: "The Secret History of the Mongols" is a historical classic that records the formation, development, and rise of the Mongol nation. It is the earliest existing historical prose epic of the Mongol people. It begins with Borte Chino, the twenty-second ancestor of Genghis Khan, and Khue Maranle, and continues until the twelfth year of the reign of Ogodai Khan (1240 AD), covering more than 500 years of the Mongol nation's rise and fall. The book not only records the hunting life and totem worship practices of the patrilocal clan system era on the Mongolian Plateau but also narrates the historical trajectory of the Mongols' development from clans to tribes, from tribes to tribal alliances, and ultimately to a unified nation. It also provides an accurate account of the transformation from hunting culture to nomadic culture. Moreover, it vividly depicts the entire journey of Genghis Khan, the "Great Chieftain," and his generation, who fought headlong into adversity, shed blood and tears, and rose from the shadows to achieve imperial glory. This is the reason why the book has become a monumental work in the "encyclopedia" of understanding the entire Mongol nation.