emperors must be elected by the Mongol nobles
as a time killer, Wikipedia has no equal. that being said, I read about Yassa last night. Mongolian code of law.
1. There is one absolute God.
2. There are no taxes for religious leaders, doctors, or undertakers.
3. Emperors must be elected by the Mongol nobles.
4. Subjects cannot hold honorary titles.
5. Wars are all absolute (i.e. no treaties before absolute surrender).
6. Law about army organization.
7. Each soldier gets his weapons from his officer before battle and will be subject to inspection.
8. Pillaging may happen only after the general commands; all soldiers and officers are equal in their chances; a part must be paid to the emperor. Offenders get the death penalty.
9. Law of battues. Also, no one can kill any game from March to October.
10. Animals killed for food must be killed by having their hearts torn out.
11. Blood and entrails of animals can now be eaten.
12. Those who are not soldiers serve the empire otherwise, without pay.
13. Thieves of a horse or steer will be killed and cut in half. Lesser theft is punished by 7-700 blows, or the fine of nine times the object’s value.
14. Mongols may not be servants or slaves. All Mongols are soldiers, except in extreme cases.
15. Law against aiding an escaped slave, under pain of death.
16. Laws of marriage, including designating the children of the first wife as heirs, granting children by slaves the same rights as those by wives, and designating wives as the caretakers and traders of property, since men are to be occupied only with hunting and war.
17. Adulterers earn death sentences, which can be carried out by anyone at any time, without trial.
18. Marriage contracts are allowed for alliance purposes even when the children are very young or dead.
19. No washing of clothes or bathing during thunderstorms.
20. “Spies, false witnesses, all men given to infamous vices, and sorcerers are condemned to death.”
21. Death penalty for ineffective or disobedient officers of the Khan; lesser offences mean a trial before the Khan.
this is more or less how I remember the United States, from Oct. 01 to May 03.
what is a challenge? what is bonding? and when are they one in the same?
well. they are one in the same when you are in a top tier city, miles from home, in a shady part of the city with people you don’t know who are talking about the shooting that just happened outside of their door earlier in the week and the three armed robberies this past month. and with a girlfriend who on an empty stomach took shots of tequilla and whiskey and can’t stop puking. and with taxi cab companies who won’t come to that part of the city. and after an hour and half you finally get one and struggle to carry your girlfriend to the taxi that costs $30 to get home. and you get her home and she can’t stop puking, but as you hold her hair back she says, “god-damn that Early Times. I can’t stop puking. I need something to coat my throat.” And for a minute you lock eyes because your minds are in the gutter. That’s a challenge, and that’s bonding.
oh life.
i hate it when the maid comes at dad’s…how awkward. im leaving this morning for a short trip- will be back friday afternoon and flying home saturday night. we need to talk. take care.