You can see the rise of Chinggis Khan in full documentary form here: [ Ссылка ]

The Sons of Chinggis Khan with his wife Borte - Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedai and Tolui- are all fascinating figures in their own right, and in the future I'll do a biography for each, going into the detail of their exploits, as there are quite a few famous exploits with each. For now, this will suffice to introduce the four of them proper, as they finally start to appear in detail during the invasion of China.

The order I use for the children of Chinggis and Borte comes from Broadbridge (2016). I don't agree with all of her dates for their births (they're generally later than I estimate them to be) but it's an excellent piece none the less.

Atwood (2017) has a very interesting argument: he states that the story of Jochi spending the last years of his life hunting and goofing off in his Ulus rather than face his family, and that much of the general downplaying of Jochi's role in the early conquests, comes from later Toluid historians to diminish the importance of Jochi and his descendants. Note how I point out how Tolui's family takes the throne from Ogedai's children: there was a real sense of the Toluids being usurpers, so they could help legitimize their role by diminishing that of the other branches. A very interesting idea I tried to pay homage to here.

Facebook page for the Jackmeister: [ Ссылка ]

The Capture of Borte!: [ Ссылка ]

The Great Yassa of Chinggis Khan: [ Ссылка ]

SOURCES USED
Essentially any source you read which discusses Chinggis Khan will discuss his sons in some detail, so here's some readable ones if you're particularly interested in this area.

Atwood, Christopher. “Jochi and the Early Campaigns.” in How Mongolia Matters: War, Law, and Society, edited by Morris Rossabi. Brill's Inner Asian Library, (2017) 35-56.

Broadbridge, Anne F. “Marriage, Family and Politics: The Ilkhanid-Oirat Connection.” Journal
of the Royal Asiatic Society 26 no.1-2 (2016), 121-135.

Man, John. The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, his Heirs and the Founding of Modern China.
London: Transworld Publishers, 2014.

McLynn, Frank. Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World. London: The Bodley Head,
2015.

Ratchnevsky, Paul. Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy. Edited and translated by Thomas
Nivison Haining. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1991.

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