At home with the Mongols

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🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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“The Horde” was an empire like no other, ruled by Nomadic Mongol Khans for three centuries. But how was the Mongol empire governed, and what was everyday life like within it? Marie Favereau speaks to David Musgrove about her Cundill prize-shortlisted book on the subject. (Ad) Marie Favereau is the author of The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World (Belknap Press, 2021) Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Horde-How-Mongols-Changed-World/dp/0674244214/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-viewingguide Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.7	The Horde was the name given to the vast Mongol Empire
0:50.0	that stretched across huge swathes of land for almost three centuries,
0:54.7	from the 13th century right up to the end of the 15th.
0:58.2	But how was this vast empire ruled, and what was life like within it?
1:03.1	Marie Favre, Associate Professor of History at Paris Nantir University,
1:08.1	has written The Horde, How the Mongols Change the World.
1:12.4	Her book has been shortlisted for the Kundal History Prize, of which History Extra is a media
1:16.9	partner, and our content director, David Musgrove, caught up with her to find out more.
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