5. First Steps

Hello! My name is Corey and welcome to the Mongol Empire Podcast. In this episode Temujin gets a wife, a patron and experiences inter-tribal warfare for the first time. We explore the political makeup of the steppe in this period and meet Temujin’s Anda, Jamugha.   Bibliography and Resources: https://mongolempirepodcast.com/   Support the Show: ko-fi.com/mongolempirepodcast   Contact: [email protected]   Primary Source Credits: Paul Kahn. The Secret History of the Mongols: the origin of Chingis Khan (Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 1998) Rashiduddin Fazullah. Jami’u’t-Tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles, ed. and trans. by W.M. Thackston, 3 vols (Harvard University Press, 1998)   Music Credits: "Majestic Hills" by Kevin MacLeod is used with a Lifetime Extended License.   Researched, written and presented by Corey Still, CS Productions.