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You're the one who will be
teaching me this book, yes?
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Jaadugar
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Incredible.
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Tolui really found a copy
of Elements, just for me.
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{\an7}Otchigin
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What's your name?
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Fatima is me.
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I help you in studies, Highness.
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I look forward to it.
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But...
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What does Highness want with book?
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It holds not much value.
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What?
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"A point is that which has no part."
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"A line is breadthless length."
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All it does is state obvious.
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Not terribly useful.
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Is that so?
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I can't say for sure why she wanted
the book to begin with,
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but that prince, Tolui,
didn't seem to understand its value.
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She might part ways with the book
if she loses interest.
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Stating the obvious.
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Yes, that's true.
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For your people, at least.
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What?
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But for us, this book marks the beginning.
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Of our journey to acquire western
knowledge not found on the steppe.
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Huh?
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Tolui, my husband, is the Otchigin.
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He is the keeper of the hearth,
tasked with watching over its fire.
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Even after his older brothers set off
and received their own pastures,
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the youngest son remained
in the household
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to protect the family fortune
and eventually inherit it.
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As the Otchigin,
Tolui will one day become emperor.
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But well...
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He's not exactly the brightest
at times, is he?
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And it's not just Tolui. The same
can be said for many of our people.
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They know only of life here on the steppe.
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Vast as it may be,
the world is vaster still.
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I wish to learn more.
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About the many lands
within reach of Mongol hooves.
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Your people have predicted the movement
of the stars since antiquity, yes?
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How curious it is that you can
figure out the size of the Earth.
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This person traveled
to the ends of the Earth?
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Of course not. He used geometry.
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What makes "obvious things" obvious?
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It is by amassing examples one by one
that we prove universal principles.
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Gaining knowledge to pass down
to future generations.
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That is my role as the one
who will one day be empress.
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Oh, why is it that she...
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Why does she infuriate me so?
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You don't know anything about how
that book came into your possession?
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You can't imagine the misery
we must endure
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when thanking those who robbed us of
everything for the charity you now offer?
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You mean to say you know nothing
of how I'm feeling as I sit here?
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What's wrong? Do you feel unwell?
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No. I admire your mind.
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A pleasure to serve Highness.
I shall do utmost.
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I'm fortunate to have your help.
Thank you in advance.
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I know you must be tired.
You may leave for now.
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I excuse myself.
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Your wisdom is something
we need greatly.
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I'm ashamed that I wavered back then,
if only for a moment.
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I must...
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I alone must not forget this anger.
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I will never yield...
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to that woman!
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Welcome back, Fatima.
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I can't thank you enough
for venturing out in this sandstorm.
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Think nothing of it.
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Here in Mongolia, spring arrives
once the sandstorms have passed.
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How I miss the Persian spring.
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My mother hasn't adjusted well
to life here.
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Fatima.
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Princess Sorghaghtani asks you
to come to her tent.
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She'd like you to start
teaching her Elements.
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Certainly.
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Fatima! What happened to your face?
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There are too many animals in Mongolia.
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They're nothing but a nuisance.
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Perhaps.
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But they can be quite charming
once you get to know them.
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Can they now?
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Here, just a moment.
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It's already our second winter here.
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Your health has improved
as of late, Mother.
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I've finally gotten used to life
here in Mongolia.
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This cold weather's the one thing
I can't get used to.
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Tchou, tchou!
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{\an7}Summer, A.D. 1224
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Three years after Sitara
became Sorghaghtani's tutor...
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The Mongol army defeated
the shah of the Khwarazm,
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a major power in Central Asia,
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and returned in triumph
to their home camp on the steppe.
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To welcome the Mongol army,
Sorghaghtani and her court
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{\an8}Tus
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traveled southwest of the Altai Mountains
to the basin of the Emil River,
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where they held a feast and a hunt
to celebrate their victory.
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Father!
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Hulegu! Kublai!
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I killed a deer.
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And I killed a hare.
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You two truly take after your father.
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Father!
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It was my first time on a hunt.
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Well? Aren't I amazing?
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Yes, that's amazing,
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Prince Hulegu. Prince Kublai.
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Please get ready,
for the Great Khan will be here soon.
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Fatima! Look at that!
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My, what a splendid deer.
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And taking down a nimble hare
is no small feat either, Prince Kublai.
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All my practice with the bow has paid off.
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Who's the girl?
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She's the tutor for reading Elements
you found for me.
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Oh, the scholar's daughter?
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How is she? Does she perform
her duties well?
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She is quite diligent in her work.
Not to mention, clever and thoughtful.
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I can only tell how young she is
when she smiles so fetchingly.
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You've brought me not just Elements,
but also a capable tutor.
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Why, of course.
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Don't I look dashing?
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A force to be reckoned with.
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It's tradition after a child's first hunt
to rub the animal's fat on his fingers.
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The Great Khan himself
will do the honors.
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The Great Khan has arrived.
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Brother Kublai, let's go.
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Yeah!
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The emperor of the Mongols, Genghis Khan.
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It was he who built this vast empire.
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In three years' time, the fates written
in the stars of those present here...
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would be set into grand motion by the fall
of that glorious star, Genghis Khan.
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{\an7}Summer, A.D. 1227
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Rest assured, Great Khan.
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The future of the Mongols
shall be as you willed it.
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Dad.
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The fourth prince, Tolui,
as the youngest brother and Otchigin,
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in accordance with
the Mongol custom of ultimogeniture,
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inherited the majority of his father
Genghis Khan's vast legacy.
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In addition to land and fortune,
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Tolui's family came to control
almost all of the Mongol military.
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It's Prince Tolui!
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Prince Tolui!
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Prince Tolui!
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Following Genghis Khan's death,
the empire needed to choose a new ruler.
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However, the tribal council known as
a kurultai, where the imperial clan
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and contending princes gather
to elect a new emperor
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would not be called to convene
for another two years.
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During this interim period,
Tolui led not just the military,
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but all manner of state affairs
while acting as regent.
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{\an7}Autumn, A.D. 1229
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It doesn't look to be
in the best of health.
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Still, should be safe to eat.
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Let's slaughter it.
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That should do it.
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Keep on butchering away now.
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A massive feast like this
is once in a lifetime.
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Here you are.
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Clean up these entrails for me.
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In the name of Allah,
and Allah is the greatest.
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Fatima.
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Are you uncomfortable with butchering
by cutting into the abdomen?
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Oh, I'm sorry. It's a habit of mine.
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I hear Muslims only eat animals
that have had their throats cut.
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That's right.
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You spill the blood all over
the ground that way, though.
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The worst part is draining the blood
makes the meat lose its flavor.
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What a waste. The blood
is what gives it flavor.
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Anyway, we do things differently here,
so just try and put up with it.
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Don't worry. I'm used to it already.
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I've lived in Mongolia
for eight years now.
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I've even come to enjoy
eating unbled meat.
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Really?
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People who prefer the taste
of meat that's been bled
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are like those who prefer sweets
that aren't too sweet.
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Exactly!
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Okay, I'll leave you to those entrails.
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Thanks, Fatima.
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It's my pleasure.
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There's a good reason behind butchering
an animal by cutting its throat.
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In the name of Allah,
and Allah is the greatest.
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It's the most painless method
for the animal.
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Meat that's been drained has a nicer color
and doesn't spoil as easily.
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Still, it's no wonder I've gotten used
to dark meat that hasn't been bled.
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Eight years.
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I've now been here in Mongolia
for as many years as I was in Tus.
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And I've yet to accomplish
anything in my time here.
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That book...
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It's been within my grasp all these years,
yet I haven't been able to take it back.
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One could hardly say
I've reclaimed the book.
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There's something hard in here.
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Could this be...
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Here, take this one as well.
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Sure.
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I still can't believe it's him.
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Right?
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Enough. Today's a day for celebration.
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It's the day our new emperor
takes the throne.
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I hear the new emperor will call himself
the "Kha'an" instead of "Khan."
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Bringing back an ancient title
even Genghis Khan didn't adopt?
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The Mongols have risen to greatness.
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We're about to enter an age where Mongolia
is the center of the world.
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The kurultai has entered
its 41st day now.
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They must really be at loggerheads.
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What holds meaning here
is the number 41.
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The kam's prophecy said the 41st day
would be auspicious.
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That is, the prince will be nominated
by the clan and take the throne...
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today.
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Onward, Great Kha'an.
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Genghis Khan's
Younger Brother
Temüge
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Second Prince
Chagatai
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To the throne.
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Take our hands, so we may lead you.
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Long live the new emperor!
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Long live the new emperor!
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Long live Ögedei Kha'an!
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Huzzah!
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Huzzah!
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Huzzah! Huzzah!
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Great Kha'an!
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Allow me to heartily congratulate you
on taking the throne.
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Bravo, Brother Ögedei.
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Thanks, Tolui.
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Someday, there may be born
among my progeny
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those who if rolled up in grass
would not be eaten by a cow,
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and if rolled up in fat
would not be eaten by a dog.
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Faced with an elk emerging crosswise
and a mouse emerging lengthwise,
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they are sure to let both flee.
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Now this is cause for celebration.
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Dad's will is to be carried out,
and I am free of governing duties.
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You did well filling in
for all this time.
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Sorghaghtani.
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My only regret is I could not
make you empress.
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Don't say that.
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I mean, when Dad shared his will with us,
the thought crossed my mind.
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"Why? Shouldn't it have been me?"
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But this is how he replied.
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"When a many-headed snake tries
to enter a burrow to outlast the cold,
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the heads fight each other,
and it dies without making it inside."
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"Conversely, a serpent with one head
will burrow inside and survive."
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"Ögedei, use your brains
to become the head for us all."
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As the Otchigin, I thought
he favored me the most.
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But that's not what Dad was thinking.
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The power he had given me
was for more than just me.
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It is our bond as brothers
that will truly make the Mongols strong.
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That is what my dad,
Genghis Khan, wished for,
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and it's my greatest wish as well.
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00:20:28,810 --> 00:20:30,740
Your brotherly bond...
249
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It doesn't matter to me
which of them becomes emperor,
250
00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,640
but breaking tradition
just to have him succeed you?
251
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Is the prince named Ögedei
so much more qualified?
252
00:20:56,530 --> 00:20:58,480
Seems Shira backed the wrong horse.
253
00:21:01,270 --> 00:21:05,090
In any case, the kurultai
can now finally come to an end.
254
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Is this stone really what I think it is?
255
00:21:15,130 --> 00:21:17,400
I read about it in one
of the mistress's books.
256
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,340
It's extremely valuable.
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Fatima.
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Princess Sorghaghtani?
259
00:21:27,650 --> 00:21:29,450
Wh-What's the matter?
260
00:21:31,300 --> 00:21:33,570
I have something important
to discuss with you.
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With me?
262
00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:39,060
After today, I want you
to be gone from my side.
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What?
264
00:21:41,190 --> 00:21:42,960
What? You're dismissing me?
265
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,780
Have I done something wrong?
266
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That's not why.
267
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,340
Th-Then, what could it be?
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Fatima. I want you...
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to act as my spy.
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{\an1}Translation: John K.
Timing: Andy Ellis
Editing: SMR
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{\an1}Quality Control: Alicia Ashby
Translation Check: Sriram Gurunathan
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{\an8}A Snake Shows Its Colors,
Man Hides His Colors
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Next time: "A Snake Shows Its Colors,
Man Hides His Colors."
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