Age of Conquest: A Kings and Generals Podcast
Episodes
3.93 Fall and Rise of China: May Fourth Movement of 1919
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the New Culture Movement. China had seen humiliation after humiliation and her population was fed up. The leaking of secret...
3.92 Fall and Rise of China: New Culture Movement
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the end of WW1 and China's bitter experience at the Paris Peace conference. Yes it WW1 brought a lot of drama to China. Yua...
3.91 Fall and Rise of China: China & the Treaty of Versailles
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Twenty-One Demands and the rise of the Walrus Emperor, Yuan Shikai. Japan certainly had their work cut out for them dur...
3.90 Fall and Rise of China: Twenty-Demands & the Walrus emperor
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about Chinese laborers during the Great War. Although China took upa stance of neutrality at the offset of WW1, there was still t...
3.89 Fall and Rise of China: China's forgotten role during the Great War
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the rise of Yuan Shikai, the outbreak of WW1 and the siege of Tsingtao. Yuan Shikai used every dirty little trick to seize ...
3.88 Fall and Rise of China: Great War and the Siege of Tsingtao
27 Feb 2024
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Last time we spoke about the Wuchang Uprising and the Xinhai revolution. The revolutionary armies formed a massive assault, managing to seize Wuchan...
3.87 Fall and Rise of China: Xinhai Revolution of 1911
19 Feb 2024
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Last time we spoke about the Railway Protection Movement and the Wuchang Uprising. Emperor Guangxi and Empress Dowager Cixi were dead leaving regent...
3.86 Fall and Rise of China: Wuchang Uprising
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the New Policies of the ailing Qing Dynasty and the rise of revolutionaries, such as Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Empress Dowager Cixi ...
3.85 Fall and Rise of China: Old Ways Meet New Policies
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the invasion of Sakhalin and the Portsmouth Treaty. The Japanese had defeated their enemy upon the land and sea, yet the re...
3.84 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #11: Portsmouth
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the legendary battle of Tsushima. Admiral Rozhdestvenski traveled across the globe to bring the Baltic fleet to the Pacific...
3.83 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #10: Tsushima
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the end of the land campaign for the Russo-Japanese War, the battle of Mukden. Kuropatkin had been served defeat after defe...
3.82 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #9: Fall of Mukden
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the bitter stalemate the emerged during the battles of Shaho and Sandepu. General Kuropatkin had finally rid himself of the...
3.81 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #8: Stalemate at Shaho and Sandepu
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the bloody siege of Port Arthur. General Maresuke Nogi lost a lot during the Russo-Japanese War, at Port Arthur it would co...
3.80 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #7: Siege of Port Arthur
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the battle of Liaoyang. Kuropatkin yet again was forced to fight a battle he did not want to fight. The Russians had just s...
3.79 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #6: Liaoyang
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about theJapanese advance to Liaoyang. After the loss at Telissu, the Russians began to scramble to defend multiple locations in ...
3.78 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #5: Road to Liaoyang
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Russian counter offensive at Telissu. Kuropatkin sought to maintain a defensive posture and wait for reinforcements bef...
3.77 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #4: Telissu
11 Dec 2023
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Last time we spoke about the battle of Nanshan. After their loss at the battle of Yalu, the Russians began a withdrawal while trying to delay the Ja...
3.76 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #3: Battle of Nanshan
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about Admiral Togo's struggle to destroy or firmly blockade the Russian fleet at Port Arthur and the bloody battle along the Yalu...
3.75 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #2: Battle of Yalu
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war. The Japanese knew to have any chance in the war against the Russians, they needed ...
3.74 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #1: The Surprise attack on Port Arthur
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the failure of diplomacy between the Empires of Russian and Japan as well as the Yellow Peril. The Russians said they would...
3.73 Fall and Rise of China: Yellow Peril and a War in the East
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Red Bearded Honghuzi Bandits. Yes Manchuria and many parts of China proper have had a bandit problem going back to anci...
3.72 Fall and Rise of China: Red Bearded Honghuzi
07 Nov 2023
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Last time we spoke about the conquest of southern Manchuria. The Russians had consolidated their hold over northern Manchuria and now had the necess...
3.71 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Chinese War #4: Conquest of Southern Manchuria
30 Oct 2023
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Last time we spoke about the conquest of Northern Manchuria. The outbreak of violence all over Manchuria and even across the Amur river resulted in ...
3.70 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Chinese War #3: Conquest of Northern Manchuria
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Blagoveshchensk massacre and war over the Amur river. The Chinese began a bombardment of the city of Blagoveshchensk st...
3.69 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Chinese War #2: Massacre on the Amur River
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Russo-Chinese War of 1900. Though its been only referred to as the Russian invasion of Manchuria durin...
3.68 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Chinese War #1: Manchuria rises up
02 Oct 2023
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Last time we spoke about the 8 nation alliances occupation of Beijing, the flight of the royal family and the Boxer Protocol. You would think after ...
3.67 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #7: Boxer Protocol
25 Sep 2023
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Last time we spoke about the battle of Beijing. General Gaselee and the 8 nation alliance began a grand march upon Beijing. They fought numerous bat...
3.66 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #6: Fall of Beijing
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the battle for Tientsin. Tientsin had be relieved momentarily of its siege, but the Boxers and Qing forces quickly went bac...
3.65 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #5: Battle for Tientsin
11 Sep 2023
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Last time we spoke about the darkest days of the siege of the foreign legation quarters in Beijing. The Hanlin Academy was burnt down taking with it...
3.64 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #4: Darkest Days before the Dawn in Beijing
05 Sep 2023
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Last time we spoke about the battle of the Taku Forts and the siege of Tientsin. The allied admirals gave an ultimatum to the Qing to hand over the ...
3.63 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #3: Siege of Tientsin & Battle of the Taku Forts
29 Aug 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Qing - Boxer siege of Beijing and the 8 nation alliance expedition led by Seymour. Baron Von Ketteler was murdered by K...
3.62 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #2: Seymour's 8 Nation expedition
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Boxers march upon Beijing. The situation in China escalated until the point of no return. The Boxers began attacked Chr...
3.61 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #1: The Boxer's March on Beijing
14 Aug 2023
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Last time we spoke about the road to the Boxer Rebellion. Christians and foreigners were encroaching into China. Boxers and other anti-foreign group...
3.60 Fall and Rise of China: Spirit Boxers & the battle at Senluo Temple
07 Aug 2023
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Last time we spoke about the escalating situation in China involving foreigners and the emerging Yihequan Boxers. The incident in Liyuantun had rea...
3.59 Fall and Rise of China: Yihequan "Why is everyone Kungfu fighting?"
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Juye incident and the scramble for China. The Big Swords society and their armor of the golden bell technique certainly...
3.58 Fall and Rise of China: Juye Incident & Scramble for China
24 Jul 2023
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Last time we spoke about the origins of the Big Sword Society and the invulnerability technique known as the Armor of the Golden Bell. China was cer...
3.57 Fall and Rise of China: Big Sword Society & the Armor of the Golden Bell
17 Jul 2023
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Last time we spoke about Shandong province. Yes this one province of China just always seems to be the breeding grounds for trouble, its actual a co...
3.56 Fall and Rise of China: Not always Sunny in Shandong
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the conclusion of the first Sino-Japanese War and we took a side trip speaking about overseas Chinese in the 19th century. ...
3.55 Fall and Rise of China: Overseas Chinese in the 19th Century
03 Jul 2023
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Last time we spoke about the final days of the first Sino-Japanese War, the invasion of the Pescadores Islands, Taiwan and the Treaty of Shimonoseki...
3.54 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #6: Taiwan
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Massacre at Port Arthur, actions in Manchuria and the fall of Weihaiwei. The Japanese had completely destroyed their me...
3.53 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #5: Battle of Weihaiwei
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the situation after the disastrous losses at Pyongyang and the Yalu River as well as the battle for Port Arthur. Coming off...
3.52 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #4: Battle for Port Arthur
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the battle of the Yalu River. It was an absolutely catastrophic week for the Qing dynasty. Within just two days they suffer...
3.51 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #3: battle of the Yalu River
05 Jun 2023
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Last time we spoke about about the first large land battles of the First Sino-Japanese War: the battles of Seonghwan and Pyongyang. The Qing's plan ...
3.50 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #2: battle of Pyongyang
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about about the emerging war between Big brother China and Little brother Japan. Li Hongzhang struggled to do everything he possi...
3.49 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #1: Battle of Pungdo
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the assassination of Kim Ok-kyun and the Donhak Rebellion. Conflicts between China and Japan had heated up to the boiling p...
3.48 Fall and Rise of China: Donghak Rebellion
15 May 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Gapsin Coup. Li Hongzhang snipped the bud of war before it could bloom after the Imo uprising and the Daewongun stole b...
3.47 Fall and Rise of China: Sino-French War of 1884-1885 #4: War and Peace
08 May 2023
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Last time we spoke about the final battles to push the Qing forces out of Tonkin. The Qing, Black Flag and Vietnamese forces were fighting bitterly,...
3.46 Fall and Rise of China: Sino-French War of 1884-1885 #3: Great Push out of Tonkin
01 May 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Sino-French War at Sea. Admiral Courbet's Far East Squadron dealt a decisive crushing blow to the Fujian Fleet at the b...
3.45 Fall and Rise of China: Sino-French War of 1884-1885 #2: War at Sea
24 Apr 2023
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Last time we spoke about the descent into full scale war between the Qing dynasty and France because of the Tonkin campaign. The French sought to an...
3.44 Fall and Rise of China: Sino-French War of 1884-1885 #1: Battle of Fuzhou
17 Apr 2023
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Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Tonkin campaign of 1883-1886. Henri Riviere picked up after Garnier and got himself killed on the Pape...
3.43 Fall and Rise of China: Tonkin Campaign
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about Francis Garnier and his wild expedition in Vietnam. Yes against all his superiors orders, Garnier decided to grab a few of ...
3.42 Fall and Rise of China: Garnier's insane expedition
03 Apr 2023
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Last time we spoke about how France ended up in Indochina. Yes while Britain got her hands very messy in China, France had likewise done the same in...
3.41 Fall and Rise of China: How France ended up in Indochina
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Gapsin Coup. Li Hongzhang snipped the bud of war before it could bloom after the Imo uprising and the Daewongun stole b...
3.40 Fall and Rise of China: Gapsin Coup
20 Mar 2023
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Last time we spoke about the imo uprising. Empress Min royally messed up when she allowed her nephew Min Gyeom-ho to be in charge of handing out th...
3.39 Fall and Rise of China: Imo Uprising
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the Dungan Revolt. Yes it was a grand little side story that only encompassed something that should have required at minimu...
3.38 Fall and Rise of China: Dungan Revolt
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the modernization efforts of China, Japan and the Hermit Kingdom of Korea. China and Japan undertook very different paths t...
3.37 Fall and Rise of China: China & Japan & Korea
27 Feb 2023
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Last time we spoke about the modernization efforts of Big Brother and Little Brother, aka China and Japan. Both nations went about the process of mo...
3.36 Fall and Rise of China: China & Japan: Big Brother & Little Brother
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Tianjing had finally fallen to the forces of Zeng Guofan and his Xiang army. Hong Xiuquan, t...
3.35 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #12: Fall of Heavenly Kingdom
13 Feb 2023
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Last time we spoke Cholera spread like a plague taking countless lives on either side of the conflict. The loss of so much life hurt the Xiang armie...
3.34 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #11: Siege of Heavenly Kingdom
06 Feb 2023
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Last time we spoke Hong Rengan was in misery, nothing was going as planned. Li Xiucheng went off on his own to perform a campaign in the east, but it ...
3.33 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #10: Ever Victorious Army
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke Emperor Xianfeng died at the ripe age of 30 having spent a life smoking opium with his harem. Now the Qing dynasty was in the hands...
3.32 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #9: Li Hongzhang and the Anhui Army
23 Jan 2023
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Last time we spoke the Qing dynasty was looking dreadful. More and more peoples were flocking to the Taiping, as the European forces were humiliating ...
3.31 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #8: The Fall of Anqing
16 Jan 2023
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Last time we spoke The foreign community of Shanghai did not take the Taiping advances lightly and fired upon the rebels as they approached the great ...
3.30 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #7: Ward's Mercenaries & the Battle for Shanghai
09 Jan 2023
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Last time we spoke Hong Rengan, the cousin of the heavenly king made a long pilgrimage to get to Nanjing. When Hong Rengan finally made it to Nanjing,...
3.29 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #6: Rise of the Shield King Hong Rengan
04 Jan 2023
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Last time we spoke Shi Dakai went into exile while performing a western expedition, riding out into an eventual oblivion. Hong Xiuquan fell into depre...
3.28 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #5: Out with the old kings, in with the new
26 Dec 2022
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Last time we spoke tension was brewing within the Taiping capital between the the heavenly king and his subordinate kings. The Foreigners were debatin...
3.27 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #4: Murder amongst the Taiping Kings
19 Dec 2022
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Last time we spoke the Heavenly King established his new capital Tianjing, the heavenly kingdom. Dramatic reforms were made, soldiers were recruited a...
3.26 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #3: Heavenly Kingdom of Tianjing
12 Dec 2022
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Last time we spoke Hong Xiuquan had gathered a rabble of peasants, named them the god worshippers and declared war upon the Qing dynasty. He gave titl...
3.25 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #2: March to Nanjing
05 Dec 2022
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Last time we spoke Hong Xiuquan attempted four times to pass the imperial examination, but was met each time with failure. The stress put upon him was...
3.24 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #1: Hong Xiuquan - Brother of Jesus
28 Nov 2022
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Last time we spoke the entire Second Opium War of 1856-1860. The forces of Britain and France brought the Qing dynasty to its knees, forcing yet again...
3.23 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #5: Burning of the Summer Palace
21 Nov 2022
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Last time we spoke the Europeans licked their wounds after their nasty defeat to the Taku Forts. Elgin returned to China and a even larger coalition f...
3.22 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #4: March to Beijing
15 Nov 2022
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Last time we spoke the first time the British and French armada attacked the Taku forts it was a literal cake walk. Reminscent of the first opium war,...
3.21 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #3: Battles for the Taku Forts
07 Nov 2022
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Last time we spoke the reluctant Lord Elgin took up the job as the new emissary to China. Alongside his french counterpart Baron Gross, both men would...
3.20 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #2: Lord Elgin's Reluctant War
31 Oct 2022
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Last time we spoke Rear Admiral Seymour took the charge as he waged war first on the city of Canton to hunt down the seemingly tyrannical Ye Mingchen....
3.19 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #1: Seymour's onslaught
24 Oct 2022
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Last time we spoke the horrifying trade of Poison and Pigs. The "Poison" referring to the still thriving opium trade and "pig" being the kidnapping of...
3.18 Fall and Rise of China: Trade of Poison and Pigs
17 Oct 2022
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Last time we spoke about the end of the infamous First Opium War of 1839-1842. The Qing tried to procrastinate as much as they could in the face of a ...
3.17 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #3
10 Oct 2022
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Last time we spoke, the ironclad steam warship Nemesis had made a name for herself wrecking havoc upon the Qing navy. Lin Zexu was dismissed and Qisha...
3.16 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #2
03 Oct 2022
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Last time we spoke, Lin Zexu's efforts against opium were not going well enough and he was losing favor with Emperor Daoguang and it seems his aggress...
3.15 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #1
26 Sep 2022
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Last time we spoke, Lin Zexu had brought the foreign barbarians to their knees and Elliot was forced to hand over 20,000 chests of opium. Lin zexu des...
3.14 Fall and Rise of China: Lin Zexu vs Big Opium
19 Sep 2022
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Last time we spoke, the British government was walking a tight rope between getting their tea fix and not being banned from trade with China. When Bri...
3.13 Fall and Rise of China: How to start a drug cartel in the 19th century
12 Sep 2022
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Last time we spoke about the numerous attempts of Britain to open the markets of the Qing dynasty. First we talked about the disastrous and quite emba...
3.12 Fall and Rise of China: West meets East
05 Sep 2022
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Last time we spoke, the Qing dynasty had enjoyed the first half of the 18th century with relative ease and prosperity, however the end half and emerge...
3.11 Fall and Rise of China: White Lotus Rebellion
29 Aug 2022
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Last time we spoke, the Qing Dynasty faced the last real death throes of the Ming Dynasty. What is known as the Revolt of three Feudatories resulted i...
3.10 Fall and Rise of China: Koxinga & the Revolt of the Three Feudatories
22 Aug 2022
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Last time we spoke, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Emperor Yongli formed a sort of trinity that was chipping away at the Qing dynasty. Each man had his ta...
3.9 Fall and Rise of China: Fall of the South Ming Regime
15 Aug 2022
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commander in charge of Huguang province, Prince Nikan. Meanwhile Qing princes Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were dispatched to pacify Guangdong and Guangx...
3.8 Fall and Rise of China: Flight & Fight of Emperor Yongli
08 Aug 2022
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Last time we spoke about the harrowing tale of what could be one of the most evil leaders in human history, depending of course which sources you read...
3.7 Fall and Rise of China: Massacre of Zhang Xianzhong
01 Aug 2022
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Last time we spoke, the Qing took Beijing and immediately set out a campaign to destroy the nemesis of the Ming and man who had broken them, Li Zichen...
3.6 Fall and Rise of China: Rise of the South Ming Regime
18 Jul 2022
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Last time we spoke, the Ming Dynasty had finally come to an end. After years of fighting, Li Zicheng had finally broken the Ming Dynasty and assumed t...
3.5 Fall and Rise of China: Fall of the Ming Dynasty
11 Jul 2022
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Last time we spoke, Yang Sichang had enacted his "ten-sided net" plan and won a multitude of victories over rebels. However this plan proved to be a d...
3.4 Fall and Rise of China: The Rebellion of Li Zicheng
04 Jul 2022
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Last time we spoke, the death of Nurhaci led to the rise of his grandson Hung Taiji. The Sea King Mao Wenlong was finally caught lying about his milit...
3.3 Fall and Rise of China: The Wrath of Hung
27 Jun 2022
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Last time we spoke, Xiong Tingbi had created a grand defensive strategy that paved the way for the defeat of the Jin invaders. However he was soon imp...
3.2 Fall and Rise of China: Ming Strike Back
20 Jun 2022
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Last time we spoke, the Yuan Dynasty lost their hold over China as a result of famines and a rebellion led by Zhu Yuanzhang that eventually toppled th...
3.1 Fall and Rise of China: Rise of Nurhaci
13 Jun 2022
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Long Intro China is one of the world's four ancient civilizations, alongside Mesopotamia, the Indus valley and Egypt. It has a written history dati...
2.75 History of the Mongols: Afterword
25 Apr 2022
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For the final episode on the Mongol Empire, we take you, our dear listeners, in a quick survey of the final years of Chinggisid rule in Mongoli...
2.74 History of the Mongols: Final
18 Apr 2022
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From the heart of the Mongolian steppe, to North China's loess plateaus; from the rugged edges of Northern India, to the hot sands of Syria and the Le...
2.73 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #14
11 Apr 2022
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With the devastating invasion of the Emir Temür, better known as Tamerlane, in 1395, the Golden Horde had suffered a grievous wound. Its armies we...
2.72 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #13
04 Apr 2022
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After two decades of anarchy, one man appeared from the darkness to restore the Golden Horde to its might: this was Toqtamish. Just as the candle may ...
2.71 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #12
28 Mar 2022
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"The impure and proud Mamai, Lord of the Volga Horde, ruled over the entire Horde, and he slew many lords and khans and he set up a khan according t...
2.70 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #11
21 Mar 2022
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The death of Özbeg, Khan of the Golden Horde, in 1341 marked the end of an era for the Jochid Khanate. The thirty year reign of Özbeg had been one o...
2.69 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #10
14 Mar 2022
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From 1313 to 1341, Özbeg Khan oversaw what is normally described as the Golden Horde's Golden age. As our last episode on Özbeg discussed, things ...