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Jack Weatherford - The Secret History of the Mongol Queens -- Encore Presentation

34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History

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The Legend of Chetchigen

Hootalung was a descendant from Ogudhe Han, who resisted the rule of Kublakan. She would only marry the man who could defeat her in wrestling. Hootalung's story is so interesting to me that Marco Polo wrote it up and then another Venetian rider made it into a play.

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