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imported>Sol Pacificus I'm afraid that him assassinating his father would be a spoiler for Jade, but I'm not sure what the game says about his succession at this time, and given the context, it just sounds awkward to me to leave that detail out. Feel free to tweak this if you guys disagree. / Btw do you guys want a category on patricides? xD Connor would count. |
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'''Modu''' (c. 234 BCE – 174 BCE) was | '''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> | ||
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Modu (c. 234 BCE – 174 BCE) was the chanyu of the Xiongnu who was chiefly responsible for their rise to power as a nomadic empire on the steppes north of China.[1] Years prior to his ascension, he was sent to the Qin as a political hostage amidst the Xiongnu incursions into China.[2] He succeeded his father Touman after having him assassinated on a hunting trip.[3]
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- ↑ Lewis, Mark Edward. (2007). "The Outer World". In The Early Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 128–154.
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade
- ↑ 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.
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