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Hoelun the Stolen Bride
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
(Samantha) Some time before 1162, a Mongol girl named Hoelun was kidnapped and taken as a bride. A short time later she gave birth to a future emperor. Although the details of her story are shrouded in mystery, the tales that are told of her reveal a wealth of information about steppe culture and hint at the motivations of her son as he rewrote the very fabric of that society.
Released:
Mar 10, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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