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Genghis Khan May Have Been a Stone Cold Killer but He Sure Loved Wife Number One

Betsy Denson
Smorgasbord of History
5 min readOct 2, 2022

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It is probably not a surprise to learn that life for Mongolian women in the 12th century AD was not a cakewalk. Such was the case with Börte who became the first wife of Temüjin, otherwise known as Genghis Khan. However…

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Betsy Denson
Smorgasbord of History

Always looking for the interesting. Incurably curious. Write a new book in my head once a month. Hopefully one will cross the finish line before I'm 80.