He Built the Largest Empire in Ancient History Yet Remained Relatively Unknown
His empire was almost twice the size of Alexander’s
Riding across the open Steppes, the prince set out on his hunt. The king, his father, had joined him. As the prince spotted a stag, a group of loyal companions followed him.
He let his father do the honors and follow the beast, as was customary. The monarch pursued the deer, separating himself from the rest of the hunting party.
The prince took an arrow from his quiver. He drew his bow, his gaze fixed on his target. The arrow was not a typical arrow. It was a whistling arrow that told his warriors to fire in the same direction. If they did not, the punishment was death.
The king heard a whistling arrow as he was preparing to shoot the stag. Before he realized what was going on, the sky darkened with a rain of arrows.
The king was dead.
The prince would build the largest empire in ancient history, surpassing the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander’s Macedonian Empire, and the Han Empire. For generations to come, powerful rulers like Atilla and Genghis Khan would model their government after his.
But history has forgotten him.
