#255 - Ming 39: It's the End of the World As We Know It
For the once-great Ming, the 1630s... suck. Manchus are battering down the creaky northern defenses, foreign silver has dried up, the treasuries are empty, famine, plague and locust swarms are ripping...
18 Jun 202338min
05/35: Tiananmen Revisited
What does the aftermath of a massacre entail, on the world stage? CIA Memo 6/10/89 - Begins: 2:25 US Beijing Embassy Cable 7/11/89 - Begins: 6:05 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
3 Jun 202322min
Rebroadcast: 6/4: UK Cable on Tiananmen Square Massacre
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3 Jun 202312min
Bonus - Mongol 5: The Shaman
We're releasing one from the paid vaults to share with everyone! (Don't worry, there's still plenty more exclusive Mongol content)... consider heading on over to Patreon.com/thehistoryofchina to suppo...
28 Mai 202340min
#254 - Qing 1: Build Me An Army Worthy of Manchu
As the newly enthroned Khan of the Manchus, Hong Taiji has a lot of plates to keep spinning. Conquest of Joseon Korea to the east, conquest of the Chahar Mongols to the west, and continuing to pound a...
21 Mai 202332min
#253 - Ming 38: Manchus, and Pirates, and Rebels, Oh My!
The Chongzhen Emperor takes command of the Ming, but things are not going well... and they're not going to get any better. After purging his government of partisan elements, he find he's now condemned...
27 Apr 202343min
#252 - Ming 37: The Donglin Debacle
Great Ming's 15th emperor steps up to bat at the tender age of 15, but he's not terribly interested in tackling the challenges facing the empire. He'd rather sit in his room and... build models. As if...
10 Apr 202337min
Special: History Daily - The Storm That Saved Japan
WE today join the host of The History Daily Podcast, Lindsay Graham, as he recounts the harrowing 1281 invasion of Japan by the fearsome combined force of Mongols, Chinese, and Koreans. All seems lost...
31 Mar 202319min
