#161 - Mongol 3: The Anda, The Arrow, & The Airag

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 9 March 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Temujin will enlist the aid of his recently-sworn father, To'oril AKA Ong Khan of the Kereyid to rescue his stolen wife, Börte. But his successful rescue of his beloved will only mark the beginning of his remarkable journey from isolated herder, to powerful khan of the steppes. Unfortunately, one of the sacrifices he'll be forced to make along the path to power will be that most-sacred: his sworn brotherhood with Jamukha, who will transform from Anda to Nemesis for Temujin. Time Period Covered: ca. 1178-1201 CE Major Historical Figures: Borjigin: Temujin, Khan of the Borjigin Börte, wife of Temujin Ho'elun, mother of Temujin Khasar, Brother of Temujin Belgutei, Half-Brother of Temujin Jelme, Companion of Temujin Bo'orchu, Companion of Temujin Jochi, Temujin's first-born son(?) Kereyid: To'oril, Khan of the Kereyid (Ong Khan) Jadaran: Jamukha (Gurkhan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:16.0	Episode 161,
0:18.0	The Honda, the Arrow and the I-R-G.
0:22.0	World with this arrow, I thee wed.
0:27.0	From the fourth hour of the night by Frank Bedart.
0:31.0	Port was gone.
0:34.0	Taken by Merkhead Raiders, and her newly wed husband, Temungine, had been able to do nothing to stop it.
0:40.0	Instead, he did what all stepmen knew that they must, he ran away.
0:44.4	For days he had outridden his pursuers until they had at last given up the chase.
0:48.8	And only then had Tamjean felt safe enough to ascend Birhan Khaldoon
0:52.1	the beating heart of the earth and pray to
0:54.2	almighty heaven for a solution to his wife's kidnapping.
0:58.0	He knew that he could not simply outwit his way to victory this time, and so he faced a difficult choice.
1:04.8	The three main rivers that flowed away from the mighty mountain in their different directions
1:08.6	summed this choice up.
1:11.0	Flowing southeast down to the rich stepland was the Heirloon, offering him the possibility of simply moving on with his life and continuing as a simple herder.
1:19.0	Along that path was the potential for prosperity, wealth even given the herds that he could
1:24.3	accumulate, a new bride, perhaps even many. Yet as a herder of the tiny Borgigan line, he would
1:30.8	forever run the risk of falling victim yet again to the Merkids, or the Taichieu, or any other group powerful enough to steal away yet again what he had earned.
1:40.0	His second choice, flowing northeast, was the Onun, the river along which his own life had begun.
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