3.79 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #6: Liaoyang
26 Dec 2023
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Last time we spoke about theJapanese advance to Liaoyang. After the loss at Telissu, the Russians ...
3.78 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #5: Road to Liaoyang
18 Dec 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Russian counter offensive at Telissu. Kuropatkin sought to maintain a...
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 Russia...
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 a...
3.75 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #2: Battle of Yalu
28 Nov 2023
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Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war. The Japanese knew to have any ch...
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...
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 p...
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 h...
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 Man...
3.70 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Chinese War #3: Conquest of Northern Manchuria
24 Oct 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Blagoveshchensk massacre and war over the Amur river. The Chinese beg...
3.69 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Chinese War #2: Massacre on the Amur River
09 Oct 2023
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Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Russo-Chinese War of 1900. Though its been only refe...
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 fam...
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 ...
3.66 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #6: Fall of Beijing
19 Sep 2023
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Last time we spoke about the battle for Tientsin. Tientsin had be relieved momentarily of its sieg...
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...
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 admira...
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 le...
3.62 Fall and Rise of China: Boxer Rebellion #2: Seymour's 8 Nation expedition
22 Aug 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Boxers march upon Beijing. The situation in China escalated until the...
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 encroachi...
3.60 Fall and Rise of China: Spirit Boxers & the battle at Senluo Temple
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the escalating situation in China involving foreigners and the emerging Y...
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 ...
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 kn...
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...
3.56 Fall and Rise of China: Not always Sunny in Shandong
10 Jul 2023
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Last time we spoke about the conclusion of the first Sino-Japanese War and we took a side trip spe...
3.55 Fall and Rise of China: Overseas Chinese in the 19th Century
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about the final days of the first Sino-Japanese War, the invasion of the Pescad...
3.54 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #6: Taiwan
26 Jun 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Massacre at Port Arthur, actions in Manchuria and the fall of Weihaiw...
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...
3.52 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #4: Battle for Port Arthur
12 Jun 2023
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Last time we spoke about the battle of the Yalu River. It was an absolutely catastrophic week for ...
3.51 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #3: battle of the Yalu River
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke about about the first large land battles of the First Sino-Japanese War: the ba...
3.50 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #2: battle of Pyongyang
29 May 2023
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Last time we spoke about about the emerging war between Big brother China and Little brother Japan...
3.49 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #1: Battle of Pungdo
22 May 2023
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Last time we spoke about the assassination of Kim Ok-kyun and the Donhak Rebellion. Conflicts betw...
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 bloo...
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 ...
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 d...
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 becau...
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 u...
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 s...
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 me...
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 bloo...
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 neph...
3.39 Fall and Rise of China: Imo Uprising
13 Mar 2023
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Last time we spoke about the Dungan Revolt. Yes it was a grand little side story that only encompa...
3.38 Fall and Rise of China: Dungan Revolt
06 Mar 2023
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Last time we spoke about the modernization efforts of China, Japan and the Hermit Kingdom of Korea...
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 an...
3.36 Fall and Rise of China: China & Japan: Big Brother & Little Brother
20 Feb 2023
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Last time we spoke the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Tianjing had finally fallen to the forces ...
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 confl...
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 ...
3.33 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #10: Ever Victorious Army
30 Jan 2023
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Last time we spoke Emperor Xianfeng died at the ripe age of 30 having spent a life smoking opium wit...
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...
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 f...
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 Nan...
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 ...
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 ...
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. Dra...
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 an...
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 e...
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 brough...
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. Elg...
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 lit...
3.21 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #3: Battles for the Taku Forts
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke the reluctant Lord Elgin took up the job as the new emissary to China. Alongside ...
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 ...
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 thri...
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 pro...
3.17 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #3
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke, the ironclad steam warship Nemesis had made a name for herself wrecking havoc up...
3.16 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #2
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we spoke, Lin Zexu's efforts against opium were not going well enough and he was losing fa...
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...
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 an...
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. F...
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 ea...
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 k...
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 chip...
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 Ji...
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 h...
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 ...
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...
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 victori...
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 Ma...
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 d...
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 rebelli...
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 Ind...
2.75 History of the Mongols: Afterword
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode on the Mongol Empire, we take you, our dear listeners, in a quick surve...
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 No...
2.73 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #14
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the devastating invasion of the Emir Temür, better known as Tamerlane, in 1395, the Golden ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Khana...
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...
2.68 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #9
07 Mar 2022
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Our previous episode took you through important transformations of the Golden Horde during the long-...
2.67 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #8
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Account of the exalted Sultan Muhammad Uzbak Khan. His name is Muhammad Uzbak, and Khan in their ...
2.66 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #7
21 Feb 2022
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With the death of Nogai by 1300, one man was now master of the Golden Horde; Toqta, son of Möngke-T...
2.65 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #6
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"In [this year] Nogai sent his wife [Yaylaq] Khātūn to the king Țuqṭā with a missive she would...
2.64 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #5
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"In [this year] Nogai sent his wife [Yaylaq] Khātūn to the king Țuqṭā with a missive she would...
2.63. History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #4
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kings and Generals: Mongol Empire Podcast Episode 64: Golden Horde #4, Tele-Buqa and the Third Mongo...
History of the Mongols SPECIAL: PhD Stephen Pow on Jebe #2
03 Jan 2022
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Last week you heard the first part of the interview between our series researcher, Jack Wilson, and ...
History of the Mongols SPECIAL: PhD Stephen Pow on Jebe #1
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Any experience reading sources from the Mongol Empire will find a frustrating tendency for them to n...
2.62. History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #3
20 Dec 2021
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Perhaps no Khan of the Golden Horde in the thirteenth century has had his reputation so malig...
2.61. History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #2
13 Dec 2021
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2.60. History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #1
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having taken you, our dear listeners, through the Yuan, Chagatayid and Ilkhanates, we now turn our a...
History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Chinggis Genetic Legacy
15 Nov 2021
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At the start of the twenty-first century, a study was released which brought the thirteenth century...
2.59. History of the Mongols: Franco-Mongol Alliance
11 Oct 2021
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The Mongols were famous for their ultimatums of destruction and submission. No shortage of th...
2.58. History of the Mongols: Fall of the Ilkhanate
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
November, 1335. The Khan of the Ilkhanate, Abu Sa'id Bahadur, is dead. Allegedly poisoned by ...