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#159 - Mongol 1: The Blood Clot

The History of China

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The Borjigins of Yesige

The borjigin were a small tribe that could only maintain small herds. They subsisted largely off of what they could hunt and catch with their hawks and bows. Yesige himself could trace his lineage back to nobility, as the third son of Baartanba Atir who was the second son of Habu Khan. The Mongols celebrated by dancing and feasting. After becoming Haime, Hrytol-Ader rode out with Haran Taishiy against the Tataras. Thirteen times they joined battle against the Tatarias but failed to advance Ambahai Haime. It was in the course of one of these raids that Yesge did

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