Question

When Genghis Khan married his wife Borte, his in-laws gave him a beautiful sable coat as a wedding present. Why would Genghis Khan immediately give the coat away to the leader of a neighboring tribe?

He needed to form alliances with other tribes in order to help his family survive.


He owed money to the other tribe's leader, and the coat was valuable to enough to pay his debt.


He had no use for a coat of this type, given Mongolia's mild climate.


He did not want his wife to have the coat and he feared she might try to claim it.

Answer 1

He needed to form alliances with other tribes in order to help his family survive.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Genghis Khan knew that his survival and the survival of his family depended on forming an alliance with another tribe against the tribes and clans that had already tried to harm him. Genghis used the first real thing of value he owned, the sable coat he received as part of his wife’s dowry, to form this alliance. This story shows that even as a young man, Genghis Khan knew how to play the political games that would protect him and his family.

Answer 2

Answer: -He needed to form alliances with other tribes in order to help his family survive.

Step-by-step explanation:

GIven the fact that at that time in his life, his family was living a very precarious and meagre life, the sable coat served as a simbolic gesture when he surrendered it to a neighbouring leader. By this gesture, Genghis Khan recognized him as an adoptive father, integrating him and his family into the tribe. The leader had been an old ally of Gengis' boiological father, and the gesture ensured that his family would have protection against other hostile tribes of the steppe, as they were taken in as members of their tribe.