Dan Snow
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15,236 appearances
105 recordings
11 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard today
Dan Snow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well they didn't benefit quite as much, in fact they often shoulder the burden for this prosperity.
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There was heavy taxation, which funded the Khan's extravagant new capital city.
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There was the forced labor required to build it.
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The Han Chinese and other ethnic groups suffered persecution under a rigid social hierarchy.
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Corruption was rife and much of China saw little to no benefit from the boom in trade.
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And so it's not hugely surprising that within a century of Kublai Khan's death, the Yuan dynasty was crumbling.
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By the thirteen thirties, Han Chinese rebels were exploiting these cracks.
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They were determined to establish a new Han ruled empire.
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And the man who'd become their leader, the founder and the first great Ming Emperor
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has a very, very unlikely origin story.
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He was a peasant called Zhu Yuan Zhung.
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Born on the agricultural plain between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
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In thirteen twenty eight.
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To tell this story, I'm meeting Dr.
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Jeremiah Jenny, an expert in Chinese history, who you'll have heard many times on this podcast before.
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Let's check in with the story of Zhu Yuanzheng.
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Why does this peasant turn into a well, a figure of destiny?
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Where is he in the sort of mid fourteenth century?
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It's amazing, so this guy who's destined to become an emperor.
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So he's begging.
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