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.
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!
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.
