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So -- 12th century Mongolia sucked to be honest
Part of the reason Mongolia created nomadic people is the lack of arable land (think endless steppes, super harsh winters, very unforgiving) So people would have to band together to hunt, and to live together by herding smaller animals. So if you were ostracized, you pretty much had no food and couldn't live off of the land.
Speaking of which, when Genghis Kahn was around 9 years old, his father, Yesugei, a tribe leader was poisoned by a rival tribe, the Tatars. They get backstabbed by Taichiud (a trusted ally turned betrayer) -- and their whole family gets ostracized from the tribe.
From there it turns into a survival horror story -- with his mother Hoelun and his siblings to survive alone on the steppe -- no livestock, no protection, no way to live, essentially. They were reduced to eating wild plants, roots, and small animals. Brutal life.
The story goes on obviously but my point is 12th century Mongolia was no joke 5 replies
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