#131 - 5D10K 8: The Southeast
We sweep over 4 of the southern kingdoms along the southeastern coast. WuYüe: which remains rich and prosperous owing to its favorable trade and geographic positions at the mouth of the Yangtze. Wu: w...
22 Okt 201725min
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17 Okt 20178min
#130 - 5D10K 7: South Before North
With the rise of the last of the 5 Dynasties, Later Zhou, the North China Plains is able to go onto the offensive for the first time in decades; not against the endless expanses of the northern steppe...
8 Okt 201733min
#129 - 5D10K6: Emperor Jerky
Emperor Deguang of Liao has conquered the North China Plain with ease and packed the Later Jin emperor off to eternal exile. But he doesn’t plan to stick around… instead, he’ll pack up everything – an...
29 Sep 201739min
#128 - 5D10K 5: The Exiled Emperor
Later Jin seems to have its bed made within its steadfast alliance with Liao - in spite of the humiliating stipulations such a relationship imposes onto a proud Son of Heaven. Yet when Later Jin's fir...
11 Sep 201738min
#127: 5D10K 4: Towering Inferno
In the state of Later Tang, things go from bad to worse as a revolving door of emperors combines with a suddenly-mercenary imperial guard corps... all to bring the state itself to an untimely, but fie...
24 Aug 201739min
#126 - 5D10K 3: Lineage of the Liao
We track the Khitan people of Mongolia/Manchuria from their origins in the mythological mists of pre-history, all the way through their reformation under Abaoji Kaghan into a Chinese-style state, know...
4 Aug 201742min
#125 - 5D10K 2: The War for Supremacy
The Later Liang Dynasty is forced back onto the defense following the murder if its first two emperors by its third, coupled with the rise of the latest Prince of Jin, Li Cunxu, who is waging a war to...
23 Jun 201741min
