The Princess Who Wrestled for Her Future

11/21/23 • 38 min

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Khutulun was a 13th century Mongolian princess born in the war-torn years after Genghis Khan's massive empire began falling apart at the seams. She fought valiantly at her father's side to defend his Khanate, but when it came to marriage she made a demand: she would only marry a man who could beat her in a wrestling match.

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Noble Blood - The Princess Who Wrestled for Her Future

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Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of iHeartRadio and Grimm and Mild from Aaron Manky. Listener discretion advised. In twelve seventy one, the Italian explorer Marco Polo set off for China from his home in Venice at the age of seventeen. You've probably heard of Marco Polo. On his adventures, he encountered all manner of marvels, islands replete with rare spices, sumptuous courts, even testimony about strange, huge and exotic serpents with long