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title: The Secret History of the Mongols Casket
author: Xylan2016
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11275/the-secret-history-of-the-mongols-casket/
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# The Secret History of the Mongols Casket

_Authored by Xylan2016_

## Image File

[![The Secret History of the Mongols Casket](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11275.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11275.png)

## Image Caption

The ornate casket containing the 'Secret History of the [Mongols](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mongol_Empire/)' which is a chronicle written in the 13th century CE (with some later additions) and is the most important and oldest medieval Mongolian text. (Government Building, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)

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Xylan2016. "The Secret History of the Mongols Casket." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Sep 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11275/the-secret-history-of-the-mongols-casket/>.

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[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OrdonMNT.png) by [**Xylan2016**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OrdonMNT.png). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 27 September 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.