Editing Modu

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'''Modu''' (c. 234 BCE – 174 BCE) was the ''{{wiki|chanyu}}'' of the [[Xiongnu]] who was chiefly responsible for their rise to power as a nomadic empire on the {{wiki|Eurasian Steppe|steppes}} north of [[China]].<ref name="Lewis 2007">Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Outer World". In ''The Early Empires: Qin and Han''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 128–154.</ref> Years prior to his ascension, he was sent to the [[Qin dynasty|Qin]] as a political hostage amidst the Xiongnu incursions into [[China]].<ref name="ACJ">''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade]]''</ref> He succeeded his father [[Touman]] after having him [[assassination|assassinated]] on a hunting trip.<ref name="Sima Qian">Sima Qian. (94 BCE). "Biographies of the Xiongnu". In ''Records of the Grand Historian''. ''Chinese Text Project''. Accessed 4 August 2023. https://ctext.org/shiji/xiong-nu-lie-zhuan.</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade]]''

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