Explanation: Exactly what it sounds like. Khutulun, a descendant of Genghis Khan (the great-granddaughter of his heir, Ogedei Khan), was famed for her beauty and her athletic prowess. She swore not to marry any man unless he could defeat her in a wrestling match. No man ever did (though I believe she eventually married). Any man who challenged her and lost would forfeit 100 horses to her. She earned a herd of some 10,000 horses this way - a considerable amount of wealth even for a Mongol princess!
She was also a skilled warrior, and favored by her father to become the next Khan, but he was eventually dissuaded from this by political maneuvering. Khutulun herself would become a prominent military commander under one of her brothers, who became Khan instead.
I hope memes using a Star Wars template without a Star Wars topic are kosher here, if not, I understand if it’s to be removed.
learning history through the power of memes? You spoil us
“Is it possible to learn this power?”
“Not from a STEM major.”
The Liberal Arts Side of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
I’ll take a Liberal Arts student over any BBA, any day.
Honestly reads as the kind of thing that would have been spread as propaganda at the time. Is there a lot of sorting evidence for the historicity of this?
Marco Polo and Rashid al-Din, both contemporaries, relate versions of this story, so it’s likely broadly true.
Please make more posts with interesting history facts!
A similar thing happened in House of the Dragon (David Zaslav is currently trying to work out how to sue Genghis Khan’s descendants for copyright infringement).
