Genghis Khan, Asian conqueror, on women's rights
"The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire" (Crown Publishers, 334 pages, $26), by Jack Weatherford : If anyone in central Asia 800 years ago could be called a feminist, one was Genghis Khan.
Genghis Khan was a bloody oppressor who killed a prospective son-in-law because the man refused to marry one of his daughters. The Great Khan killed thousands with eve...
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