Amid the chorus of throat singing, the shaman places a bejeweled fur cap on the head of a prince kneeling before him. The kneeling man rises now as a khagan.
I really hope this isn't how Paradox would represent the process of choosing a Khagan in CK3, b/c the actual process was much more interesting.
Let us begin with some history quotes:
**仆，通扑, "move suddenly facing forward", translations depending on context include "bites the dust" and "lunge"
It might not make immediate sense. What is the point of making the khagan-elect ride a galloping horse and then attempt to suffocate him? Fortunately, we have sources beyond. Much further beyond China and the eastern side of the steppe, in Volga-Bolgharia, about the Khazars there.
Finally, for those of you who prefer to play before the vanilla timeline. You might be asking: what does all this info about 10th century nomad leadership election practices mean for me?
Well, behold this final piece of info from the 6th century.
To sum up, not only do I hope Paradox's history team has learned of all this before my post and baked it into their nomad content already, I also hope I gave some help to the various history-focused mods out there.
I really hope this isn't how Paradox would represent the process of choosing a Khagan in CK3, b/c the actual process was much more interesting.
Let us begin with some history quotes:
*The Khitan people who founded the Liao dynasty (916 - 1125) traditionally have 8 clans.History of Liao said:
**仆，通扑, "move suddenly facing forward", translations depending on context include "bites the dust" and "lunge"
It might not make immediate sense. What is the point of making the khagan-elect ride a galloping horse and then attempt to suffocate him? Fortunately, we have sources beyond. Much further beyond China and the eastern side of the steppe, in Volga-Bolgharia, about the Khazars there.
Helpfully, a contemporary of al-Istakhri left even more info.Abū Ishāk al-Fārisī al-Iṣṭakhrī said:
Ahmad ibn Fadlan said:
Finally, for those of you who prefer to play before the vanilla timeline. You might be asking: what does all this info about 10th century nomad leadership election practices mean for me?
Well, behold this final piece of info from the 6th century.
History of Zhou said:
To sum up, not only do I hope Paradox's history team has learned of all this before my post and baked it into their nomad content already, I also hope I gave some help to the various history-focused mods out there.
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