Pax Mongolica: Genghis Khan & Kublai Khan
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Defying the Great Khan
According to wetherford, he pleaded in obviously painful words with his sons to understand how different things were in the old days before the boys were born. With this emotional plea, complete jengas demeanor hardens. And once and for all, he demands that his other sons recognize jochi as their true brother,. But chagati, the second oldest, just smirks and says, an animal slaughtered by words cannot be skinned. Defying the great khan, even for a son, a grave transgression. Right there in that tent, jenghis khan had no choice but to choose his third son, ogade, as his successorThe other three would
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