Genghis Khan's Mongolia
Expanding Empire
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Historian Marie Favereau visits a nomadic family to see how moving with the seasons reflects the lives of Genghis Khan and his people eight centuries earlier. Marie explores how the spiritual significance of gift-giving drove Ghenghis Khan’s desire for trade deals. But after the trade envoys he sent to the wealthy Khwarazmian Empire are murdered, he reeks revenge.