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This book was inspired by a Hardcore History podcast by Dan Carlin. I had never thought twice about the Mongol Empire and knew next to nothing about it prior to the fourteen hour podcast! After listening to it, I was so intrigued by the world Dan painted with his narrative, I knew my time traveling heroine had to visit!

Special thanks to Dan Carlin for the inspiration and the incredible amount of research that went into such a presentation.

Other reference material included:

Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khan, Paul Kahn translation

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

A few other random history books I flipped through at BN but balked at purchasing because of the price

Ancient Mongol naming and linguistic websites

And … yes, Wikipedia. I don't care what anyone says. Wikipedia is for curious people who have no attention span. People like me.