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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Mar 18, 2016 19:54:25 GMT
Yeah, we just learned about the Mongols and I've heard a ridiculous amount of people are related to Genghis Khan because he..lets just say he got around yeah, his "tour" of Asia  |
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 18, 2016 20:30:51 GMT
Yeah, we just learned about the Mongols and I've heard a ridiculous amount of people are related to Genghis Khan because he..lets just say he got around yeah, his "tour" of Asia Not to mention the Mongolian tradition of killing the men and enslaving the children, then taking the women as prizes to add to their harem. In fact, captured women are often not taken up by their captors but simply sold to the rich chieftains for weapons, horses, etc... Being the chiefest of all chieftains, it's not a surprise that Genhis Khan was the richest man of the Mongolian empire and could afford such a harem that would cost as much. |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Mar 18, 2016 23:00:03 GMT
yeah, his "tour" of Asia Not to mention the Mongolian tradition of killing the men and enslaving the children, then taking the women as prizes to add to their harem. In fact, captured women are often not taken up by their captors but simply sold to the rich chieftains for weapons, horses, etc... Being the chiefest of all chieftains, it's not a surprise that Genhis Khan was the richest man of the Mongolian empire and could afford such a harem that would cost as much. Wait, the Mongolians had harems? I mean I know they had similar things but a harem was more Ottoman |
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Post by Mountbatten on Mar 19, 2016 1:26:59 GMT
Not to mention the Mongolian tradition of killing the men and enslaving the children, then taking the women as prizes to add to their harem. In fact, captured women are often not taken up by their captors but simply sold to the rich chieftains for weapons, horses, etc... Being the chiefest of all chieftains, it's not a surprise that Genhis Khan was the richest man of the Mongolian empire and could afford such a harem that would cost as much. Wait, the Mongolians had harems? I mean I know they had similar things but a harem was more Ottoman Why are we discussing which empire had the best harems? |
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 19, 2016 2:18:17 GMT
Wait, the Mongolians had harems? I mean I know they had similar things but a harem was more Ottoman Why are we discussing which empire had the best harems? Lannes got a time machine, so now he's comptelating which era and place to travel to, all just so to get the best harem for himself much as possible. It's a probable theory.  |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Mar 19, 2016 4:10:49 GMT
Wait, the Mongolians had harems? I mean I know they had similar things but a harem was more Ottoman Why are we discussing which empire had the best harems? The harems in the Ottoman Empire had a lot of power actually. For a time a woman from the sultan's harem pretty much ruled the country |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2016 18:16:28 GMT
Mongols and Chinese's kings had concubines
Harems are more for Arabs, but even in Europe was a time when man could have more than one wife.
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 19, 2016 19:28:36 GMT
Mongols and Chinese's kings had concubines Harems are more for Arabs, but even in Europe was a time when man could have more than one wife. It's still a very common concept in different incarnations and with different names of it. Even today in Africa it's still pretty common for a wealthy man to afford 3 wives or so. One of my college roommate was from Sudan and he explained that a qualtiy wife's dowry would ask for roughly 20,000 to 40,000 dollars worth of cattle or the cash equivalent. Most men would have one wife either because they're Christians or they can't afford additional wives. |
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