Map of the Mongol Empire (1206–1368)
INTRODUCTION
The Missing Chapter
PART I
Tiger Queens of the Silk Route 1206–1241
1 It Takes a Hero
2 The Growling Dragon and the Dancing Peacock
3 Our Daughters Are Our Shields
4 Queens at War and Commerce
PART II
The Shattered Jade Realm 1242–1470
5 War Against Women
6 Granddaughters of Resistance
7 The Rabbit Demon’s Revenge
8 Daughter of the Yellow Dragon
9 The Falling Prince and the Rising Queen
PART III
Wolf Mother 1470–1509
10 The White Road of the Warrior Widow
11 Winning the War and Raising a Husband
12 Facing the Wall
13 Her Jade Realm Restored
EPILOGUE
The Secrets of History
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS