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3.48 Fall and Rise of China: Donghak Rebellion from 2023-05-15T17:12

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3.43 Fall and Rise of China: Tonkin Campaign from 2023-04-10T10:00

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3.40 Fall and Rise of China: Gapsin Coup from 2023-03-20T15:25

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3.39 Fall and Rise of China: Imo Uprising from 2023-03-13T10:00

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3.38 Fall and Rise of China: Dungan Revolt from 2023-03-06T13:26

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3.37 Fall and Rise of China: China&Japan&Korea from 2023-02-27T11:00

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3.34 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #11: Siege of Heavenly Kingdom from 2023-02-06T11:00

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 was drawing ...

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3.33 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #10: Ever Victorious Army from 2023-01-30T11:00

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 of his 5 ye...

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3.32 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #9: Li Hongzhang and the Anhui Army from 2023-01-23T18:17

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 the Qing gov...

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3.31 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #8: The Fall of Anqing from 2023-01-16T11:00

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 port city. T...

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3.30 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #7: Ward’s Mercenaries&the Battle for Shanghai from 2023-01-09T23:23

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, the heavenl...

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3.29 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #6: Rise of the Shield King Hong Rengan from 2023-01-04T21:43

Last time we spoke Shi Dakai went into exile while performing a western expedition, riding out into an eventual oblivion. Hong Xiuquan fell into depression, paran...

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3.28 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #5: Out with the old kings, in with the new from 2022-12-26T01:04

Last time we spoke tension was brewing within the Taiping capital between the the heavenly king and his subordinate kings. The Foreigners were debating who would ...

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3.27 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #4: Murder amongst the Taiping Kings from 2022-12-19T11:00

Last time we spoke the Heavenly King established his new capital Tianjing, the heavenly kingdom. Dramatic reforms were made, soldiers were recruited and armies we...

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3.26 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #3: Heavenly Kingdom of Tianjing from 2022-12-12T14:10

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 titles to his cl...

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3.25 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #2: March to Nanjing from 2022-12-05T14:45

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 too much, c...

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3.24 Fall and Rise of China: Taiping Rebellion #1: Hong Xiuquan - Brother of Jesus from 2022-11-28T11:00

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 unequal tre...

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3.23 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #5: Burning of the Summer Palace from 2022-11-21T23:00

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 force now set...

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3.22 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #4: March to Beijing from 2022-11-15T02:49

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, the Qing ca...

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3.21 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #3: Battles for the Taku Forts from 2022-11-07T11:00

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 overlook th...

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3.20 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #2: Lord Elgin's Reluctant War from 2022-10-31T10:00

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. Seymour too...

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3.19 Fall and Rise of China: Second Opium War #1: Seymour's onslaught from 2022-10-24T17:02

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 Chinese coo...

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3.18 Fall and Rise of China: Trade of Poison and Pigs from 2022-10-17T13:18

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 goliath forc...

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3.17 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #3 from 2022-10-10T22:00

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 Qishan began nego...

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3.16 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #2 from 2022-10-03T22:18

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 aggressive actions ...

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3.15 Fall and Rise of China: First Opium War #1 from 2022-09-26T22:00:44

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 destroyed the i...

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3.14 Fall and Rise of China: Lin Zexu vs Big Opium from 2022-09-19T16:13:58

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 Britain ended t...

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3.13 Fall and Rise of China: How to start a drug cartel in the 19th century from 2022-09-12T10:00:43

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 embarrassing Mac...

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3.12 Fall and Rise of China: West meets East from 2022-09-05T23:10:33

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 emergence of the 1...

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3.11 Fall and Rise of China: White Lotus Rebellion from 2022-08-29T12:37:27

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 in a war agai...

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3.10 Fall and Rise of China: Koxinga&the Revolt of the Three Feudatories from 2022-08-22T10:00:40

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 talents and co...

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3.9 Fall and Rise of China: Fall of the South Ming Regime from 2022-08-15T10:00:43

commander in charge of Huguang province, Prince Nikan. Meanwhile Qing princes Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were dispatched to pacify Guangdong and Guangxi. Wu Sangui...

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3.8 Fall and Rise of China: Flight&Fight of Emperor Yongli from 2022-08-08T10:00:27

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 about him. ...

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3.7 Fall and Rise of China: Massacre of Zhang Xianzhong from 2022-08-01T02:06

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 Zicheng. The Qing ...

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3.6 Fall and Rise of China: Rise of the South Ming Regime from 2022-07-18T10:00:55

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 the Dragon Th...

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3.5 Fall and Rise of China: Fall of the Ming Dynasty from 2022-07-11T19:19:09

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 disaster over...

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3.4 Fall and Rise of China: The Rebellion of Li Zicheng from 2022-07-04T10:00:34

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 military achievem...

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3.3 Fall and Rise of China: The Wrath of Hung from 2022-06-27T10:00:49

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 impeached and e...

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3.2 Fall and Rise of China: Ming Strike Back from 2022-06-20T12:00:09

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 them. Now the ...

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3.1 Fall and Rise of China: Rise of Nurhaci from 2022-06-13T01:00:53

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China is one of the world’s four ancient civilizations, alongside Mesopotamia, the Indus valley and Egypt. It has a wr...

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2.75 History of the Mongols: Afterword from 2022-04-25T10:00:45

    For the final episode on the Mongol Empire, we take you, our dear listeners, in a quick survey of the final years of Ch...

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2.74 History of the Mongols: Final from 2022-04-18T20:51:35

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 Levant, to humid ...

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2.73 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #14 from 2022-04-11T10:00:58

 

With the devastating invasion of the Emir Temür, better known as Tamerlane, in 1395, the Golden Horde had suffered a grievous wound. Its armies were deal...

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2.72 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #13 from 2022-04-04T02:20:57

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 spark up jus...

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2.71 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #12 from 2022-03-28T20:48:16

“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 to his own wi...

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2.70 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #11 from 2022-03-21T17:25:36

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 of relative intern...

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2.69 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #10 from 2022-03-14T20:19:31

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 were not going ...

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2.68 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #9 from 2022-03-07T11:00:17

Our previous episode took you through important transformations of the Golden Horde during the long-reign of Özbeg Khan; the islamization, and urbanization, of th...

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2.67 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #8 from 2022-02-28T21:47:52

“Account of the exalted Sultan Muhammad Uzbak Khan.  His name is Muhammad Uzbak, and Khan in their language means ‘sultan.’ This sultan is mighty in sovereignty,...

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2.66 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #7 from 2022-02-21T11:00:06

With the death of Nogai by 1300, one man was now master of the Golden Horde; Toqta, son of Möngke-Temür Khan, great-grandson of Batu, great-great-grandson of Joch...

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2.65 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #6 from 2022-02-14T11:00:46

In [this year] Nogai sent his wife [Yaylaq] Khātūn to the king Țuqṭā with a missive she would carry to him, and advic...

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2.64 History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #5 from 2022-02-07T03:45:52

In [this year] Nogai sent his wife [Yaylaq] Khātūn to the king Țuqṭā with a missive she would carry to him, and advice s...

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2.63. History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #4 from 2022-01-31T04:51:20

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Episode 64: Golden Horde #4, Tele-Buqa and the Third Mongol Invasion of Po...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: PhD Stephen Pow on Jebe #2 from 2022-01-03T11:00

Last week you heard the first part of the interview between our series researcher, Jack Wilson, and Dr. Stephen Pow on his theory regarding the death of the famous Mongol general, Jebe Noyan. Dr...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: PhD Stephen Pow on Jebe #1 from 2021-12-27T11:00

Any experience reading sources from the Mongol Empire will find a frustrating tendency for them to not mention the fates of some of the empire’s key figures. A re...

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2.62. History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #3 from 2021-12-20T11:00

    Perhaps no Khan of the Golden Horde in the thirteenth century has had his reputation so maligned as Töde-Möngke. This youn...

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2.60. History of the Mongols: Golden Horde #1 from 2021-12-13T11:00

Having taken you, our dear listeners, through the Yuan, Chagatayid and Ilkhanates, we now turn our attention to the northwestern corner of the Mongol Empire: the ...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Chinggis Genetic Legacy from 2021-11-15T11:00

At the start of the twenty-first century, a study was released which brought the thirteenth century starkly into the presen...

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2.59. History of the Mongols: Franco-Mongol Alliance from 2021-10-11T10:00

    The Mongols were famous for their ultimatums of destruction and submission. No shortage of thirteenth century states re...

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2.58. History of the Mongols: Fall of the Ilkhanate from 2021-10-04T10:00

    November, 1335. The Khan of the Ilkhanate, Abu Sa’id Bahadur, is dead. Allegedly poisoned by a spurned wife, Baghdad Kh...

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2.57. History of the Mongols: Mongol-Mamluk Wars from 2021-09-20T16:00

“Ket Buqa Noyan kept attacking left and right with all zeal. Some encouraged him to flee, but he refused to listen and said, “Death is inevitable. It is bette...

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2.57. History of the Mongols: Mongol-Mamluk Wars from 2021-09-20T16:00

“Ket Buqa Noyan kept attacking left and right with all zeal. Some encouraged him to flee, but he refused to listen and said, “Death is inevitable. It is bette...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Religious Tolerance from 2021-09-13T10:00

One of the most enduring images of the Mongolian Empire is that it was a model of religious tolerance, one where each of the Khan’s subjects were free to worship ...

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2.56. History of the Mongols: Ilkhanate #6 from 2021-08-30T10:00

It was this Khudhābandah who embraced Islam [...] when he died, there succeeded to the kingdom his son Abū Sa’īd Bahādur Khān. He was an excellent and a gener...

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2.55. History of the Mongols: Ilkhanate #5 from 2021-08-23T10:00

Our last episode dealt with the reign of Ghazan Khan, ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1295 to 1304. A powerful Muslim monarch, Ghazan’s reign reinvigorated the...

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2.54. History of the Mongols: Ilkhanate #4 from 2021-08-16T10:00

Of all the rulers of the Ilkhanate, perhaps none matched the might or the glory of Ghazan. Of a prestigious lineage: son of Arghun Ilkhan, grandson of Abaqa Ilkha...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Islamization from 2021-08-02T10:00

    The Mongols were known for unleashing a series of unrelenting horrors upon the Islamic world, from the catastrophic des...

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2.53. History of the Mongols: Ilkhanate #3 from 2021-07-26T10:00

After the death of the Ilkhan Arghun in 1291 at the end of our last episode, the Ilkhanid throne came to Arghun’s brother, Geikhatu, the governor of Anatolia. Gei...

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2.52. History of the Mongols: Ilkhanate #2 (FIXED VERSION) from 2021-07-19T10:00

After the long reign of Abaqa Il-Khan, as covered in our previous episode, the Ilkhanate entered it’s somewhat messy “middle period.” These are the years between ...

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2.51. History of the Mongols: Ilkhanate #1 from 2021-06-28T10:00

Now that we have gone through the Yuan Dynasty, Ogedeid Khanate and Chagatai Khanate, our attention comes to the other Mongol Khanate ruled by the descendants of ...

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2.50. History of the Mongols: Invasions of India from 2021-06-21T10:00

Back in our 15th episode of this series, we looked at Khwarezmian prince Jalal al-Din Mingburnu’s exploits in India in the early 1220s. Having fled there after Ch...

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2.49. History of the Mongols: Chagatai Khanate #3 from 2021-06-14T02:18:34

Our previous two episodes have taken you through an overview  of the history of  the Chagatai Khanate, the middle ulus...

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2.48. History of the Mongols: Chagatai Khanate #2 from 2021-05-31T10:00

    While the Chagatai Khanate, the division of the Mongol Empire encompassing much of Central Asia and Northwestern China,...

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2.47. History of the Mongols: Chagatai Khanate #1 from 2021-05-24T10:00

Having now taken you to the end of Mongol rule in China, we move westwards in our histories of the Mongol Khanates. Our next stop is the middle Khanate: the Listen

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2.47. History of the Mongols: Chagatai Khanate #1 from 2021-05-24T10:00

Having now taken you to the end of Mongol rule in China, we move westwards in our histories of the Mongol Khanates. Our next stop is the middle Khanate: the Listen

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Gunpowder from 2021-05-17T10:00

The rapid expansion of the Mongol Empire in the thirteenth century cannot be attributed to a single new military invention providing technological supremacy over ...

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2.46. History of the Mongols: Rise of Ming from 2021-05-10T10:00

With the Yuan Dynasty reduced to an ever shrinking area of land around Dadu in north China, to tell the story of the expulsion of the Mongol rulers in 1368 is to ...

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2.45. History of the Mongols: Fall of the Yuan from 2021-05-03T10:00

In the almost 40 years from the death of Khubilai Khan in February 1294, to the ascension of Toghon Temur Khan in July 1333, nine Khans of the Yuan Dynasty had be...

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2.44. History of the Mongols: Yuan - From Crisis to Crisis from 2021-04-19T10:00

After Khuiblai Khan’s death in 1294, his successors ruled over the most powerful kingdom on earth, the Yuan Dynasty, controlling all of China and Mongolia. Yet no...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Dr. John Latham-Sprinkle on the Alans from 2021-04-12T10:00

The history of the Mongol Empire is not just a history of the Mongols, but the people they interacted with. In today’s interview, our series historian, Jack Wilso...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Rabban Bar Sauma from 2021-04-05T10:00

“There was a certain man who was a believer, and he was a nobleman and a fearer of God. He was rich in the things of this world, and he was well endowed with ...

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2.43. History of the Mongols: Death of Khubilai from 2021-03-22T10:00

The  weight of years will bear down on each of us heavily, from the humblest farmer to the most august monarch. And Khubilai Khan, mighty even among the mighty, o...

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2.42. History of the Mongols: Three Bad Ministers of Khubilai from 2021-03-15T10:00

"You must know that, as we shall tell you later on, the Great Kaan has entrusted to twelve men the task of attending, as seems best to them, to all territorie...

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2.41. History of the Mongols: Wars of Qaidu from 2021-03-08T11:00

Qaidu was raised in Chinggis Khan’s camp, and after Ogedai Khaan he served in Mongke Khaan’s retinue. After him, he was with Ariq Boke, conspiring and amking ...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Dr. Michal Holeščák on the archeology of Mongols and Cumans Pt2 from 2021-03-01T17:00

The Mongols were far from the only nomadic peoples to interact with Europe, even in the thirteenth century. Of these, the Cumans are perhaps the most well-known a...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Dr. Michal Holeščák on the archeology of Mongols and Cumans in Eastern Europe from 2021-02-22T11:00

The Mongols were far from the only nomadic peoples to interact with Europe, even in the thirteenth century. Of these, the Cumans are perhaps the most well-known a...

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2.40. History of the Mongols: Invasion of Java from 2021-02-15T11:00

 

Around 40 episodes ago, we discussed Chinggis Khan fighting for control of the Mongolian steppe. Now, some 90 years later in our chronology, we will discuss his grandson sending Mongol ...

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2.39. History of the Mongols: Invasion of Burma from 2021-02-08T11:00

On a thickly humid day, flanked by dense forest of a deep green, rows of archers astride skittish horses struggle to control their mounts. Their local allies, arm...

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2.38. History of the Mongols: Invasions of Vietnam from 2021-02-01T11:00

“In the West there is a province called Kafje-Guh, in which there are forests and other places of difficult access. It adjoins Qara-Jang and parts of India an...

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2.37. History of the Mongols: Kublai Khan's Reign from 2020-11-16T11:00

“Now I wish to tell you [...] all the very great doings and all the very great marvels of the very great lord of the Tartars, [...] who is called Kublai Khan,...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Dr. Stephen Pow discusses the terms Mongol and Tatar from 2020-11-09T11:00

Series researcher Jack Wilson and historian Stephen Pow discuss Pow's explanation for one of the most vexxing issues of...

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2.36. History of the Mongols: Mongol-Song War #3 from 2020-11-02T11:00

“In the world there is the spirit of righteousness, taking many forms, 

bestowed on the ever-changing t...

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History of the Mongols SPECIAL: Subutai from 2020-10-26T10:00

To coincide with the release of the Kings and Generals Biography video of the Mongol general Subutai, for our podcast we’ll present for your listening an extended...

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2.35. History of the Mongols: Mongol-Song War #2 from 2020-10-19T10:00

This episode details the Mongol-Song war from the fall of Xiangyang to the capture of Hangzhou in 1276, and the final stand of the infamous Song Chancellor Jia Si...

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2.34. History of the Mongols: Mongol-Song War #1 from 2020-10-12T10:00

With the loss of control over the western half of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan was left to direct his considerable energies against the single strongest holdout...

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2.33. History of the Mongols: Berke-Hulagu War from 2020-09-21T10:00

As Kublai Khan and Ariq Boke fought for the Grand Khanate in the east, in the western half of the Mongol Empire another dramatic war broke out. This was the Berke...

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2.32. History of the Mongols: Toluid Civil War from 2020-09-07T10:00

Mongke Khaan was dead. Over his 8 year reign, he had ruled the Mongol Empire firmly, strengthening government and renewing the conquests. Yet had not solved the t...

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2.31. History of the Mongols: Death of Mongke from 2020-08-24T16:10:07

Now that we’ve taken you through Hulegu’s campaigns during Mongke’s reign, it’s time we cut back east to Mongke himself, and the Mongol invasion of the Song Dynas...

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2.30. History of the Mongols: Battle of Ain Jalut from 2020-08-17T10:00

“From the King of Kings of East and West, the supreme Khan:

 In your name, O God, who stretched out the...

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2.29. History of the Mongols: Hulagu and the sack of Baghdad from 2020-08-10T10:00

In the dusty flood plain, 100,000 men and many times that in horses surround the walls of Baghdad. Catapults lob stones relentlessly into the city walls, hauled f...

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2.28. History of the Mongols: Hulagu and the Hashashins from 2020-08-03T10:00

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2.27. History of the Mongols: Consequences of Invasion of Japan from 2020-07-27T10:00

Most popular discussions of the Mongol invasions of Japan simply end with the typhoon of 1281 wiping out the Yuan fleet off the coast of Kyushu. This was not the ...

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2.26. History of the Mongols: Samurai who fought the Mongols twice from 2020-07-20T10:00

For most who experienced the Mongol invasions first hand, it was a sight of untold horror, an unstoppable enemy bringing fire and ruin. For Takezaki Suenaga, a sa...

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2.25. History of the Mongols: Invasion of Japan and Battle of Tsushima from 2020-07-15T10:00

For the release of the new Sucker Punch video game, Ghost of Tsushima, wh...

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2.24. History of the Mongols: Invasions of Korea from 2020-07-13T10:00

Had you to guess a kingdom to offer decades of resistance to the Mongols at the height of their power, Korea might not have been high on your list. Situated close...

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2.23. History of the Mongols: Reign of Grand Khan Mongke from 2020-07-06T10:00

From Anatolia to Central China; from northern Korea to the eastern edge of Europe; from the forests of Siberia to the borders of India.  This was the empire of Gr...

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2.22. History of the Mongols: Europeans in the Mongol Empire from 2020-06-29T10:00

Especially in modern textbooks and broad historical surveys, the Mongol withdrawal from Europe in 1242 is presented as the Mongols ‘disappearing into the mists of...

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2.21. History of the Mongols: Guyuk and the Toluid Revolution from 2020-06-22T10:00

You could be forgiven for not knowing the name of Guyuk Khan. Guyuk, as Great Khan of the Mongol Empire since 1246, makes a poor figure compared to the likes of his grandfather, Chinggis Khan, h...

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2.20. History of the Mongols: Death of Ogedei from 2020-06-15T10:00

Over our previous few episodes, we’ve taken you from the ascension of Ogedai as Great Khan in 1229 to a whirlwind journey of conquests across Asia. The final conq...

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2.19. History of the Mongols: Mongol Occupation of Europe from 2020-06-01T10:00

For two days’ walk a trail of corpses lead from the bridge over the Sajo River. Arrows protruding from fallen Hungarians, limbs bent at unnatural angles, leading ...

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2.18. History of the Mongols: Legnica and Mohi from 2020-05-25T10:00

“I, Khan, the emissary of the heavenly king, to whom he gave power over the earth to lift up those who subject themselves to me and lay low those who resist, ...

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2.17. History of the Mongols: Fall of Rus from 2020-05-18T10:00

And from thence they proceeded to the land of the Rus and conquered that country as far as the city of Magas, in the ...

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2.16. History of the Mongols: To Russia with Hate from 2020-05-11T13:00

Had you a bird’s eye view of the Eurasian steppe in 1236, you could have watched an unparalleled sight.  Perhaps more than 100,000 mounted warriors spread out in ...

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2.15. History of the Mongols: Mongols went down to Georgia from 2020-05-04T10:00

    While Ogedai Khaan led his armies in the final war against the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, covered in our previous episode, th...

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2.14. History of the Mongols: Fall of the Jin from 2020-04-27T10:00

A desperate, starving crowd of thousands presses together, smothering each other in the narrow city streets; defenders clad it broken or hastily repaired lamellar...

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2.13. History of the Mongols: Reign of Ogedei from 2020-04-20T10:00

The crowd that had assembled was mighty. The princes, sons, and generals from across the Mongol Empire had collected on the Kerulen [Listen

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2.12. History of the Mongols: Last Years of Chinggis Khan from 2020-04-13T10:00

We’ve now covered Chinggis Khan’s conquest of much of the Jin Dynasty and the Khwarezmian Empire, leaving him with an empire stretching from the Caspian Sea to th...

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2.11. History of the Mongols: Chinggis Khan’s Quest for Eternal Life from 2020-04-06T10:00

Heaven has abandoned China owing to its haughtiness and extravagant luxury. But I, living in the northern wi...

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2.10. History of the Mongols: Jebe and Subutai from 2020-03-30T10:00

    “And thus, for our sins God put misunderstanding into us, and a countless number of 

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2.9. History of the Mongols: Fall of Khwarezm from 2020-03-23T10:00

For some years I continued averse from mentioning this event, deeming it so horrible that I shrank from recording it ...

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2.8. History of the Mongols: Movin' West from 2020-03-16T10:00

In our previous episode, we covered the whirlwind campaign of Chinggis Khan and his generals against the Jin Dynasty of North China from 1211-1215. Chinggis Khan’...

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2.7. History of the Mongols: Invasion of Jin from 2020-03-09T10:00

Columns of Mongol rider, armed with bow, lance and mace, march through the dark defiles and narrow valleys of the Yan mountains, a confined route for warriors use...

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2.6. History of the Mongols: Conquests Begin from 2020-03-02T11:00

Rain. The constant, incessant rains of autumn.  A wide brown river, its water swirling and churning, now overflowing its banks due to the rain. A great inconvenie...

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2.5. History of the Mongols: Rise of Chinggis Khan from 2020-02-24T11:00

Surely, you have heard of the phrase ‘rags to riches,’ indicating the rise from abject poverty to untold wealth? You may be interested in its 13th century equival...

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2.4. History of the Mongols: Tribes of Mongolia from 2020-02-17T11:00

I’m your host David and welcome to Ages of Conquest: a Kings and Generals Podcast.  This is the Mongol conquests. Before we get into all that material you’re expe...

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2.3. History of the Mongols: Introduction To 13th Century China from 2020-02-10T15:31

Contrary to some popular internet opinions, the Mongol Empire was not an unprecedented, utterly unique presence on the stage of world history. It was neither the ...

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2.2. History of the Mongols: Nomadism from 2020-02-03T11:30

Nomadism! It is a term closely  associated with the Mongols and other inner Asian peoples of the vast Eurasian steppe-lands.  Yet what does it entail, specificall...

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2.1. History of the Mongols: Intro from 2020-02-03T11:00

In the smoke filled air, the cries of men and women reach towards Eternal Blue Heaven as horsemen ride over ruined city walls. The men of fighting age are forced ...

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1.1 Wars of the Diadochi: Alexander the Great’s Death, Legacy and Plans from 2019-05-13T10:00

In this episode we will discuss the legacy of Alexander the Great 

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1.0 ANNOUNCEMENT - Wars of the Diadochi from 2019-05-06T16:52:01

Quick announcement regarding our plans!

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0.7. Celts Before Caesar from 2019-04-13T18:08:59

As part of our series on the Gallic Wars, we decided to release a podcast regarding the history of the Celtic people

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0.6. How did the Roman succession work during the Principate? from 2019-04-03T18:28:30

Although Rome became an empire during the reign of Augustus, it still held on to many republican traditions. In this podcast, we will see how that affected the succession of the Roman emperors d...

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0.5. Why did the Diadochoi of Alexander fight each other? from 2019-03-23T18:53:18

In our new podcast, we will describe the reasons why the Hellenistic states were so warlike and tend to enter wars with such regularity.

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0.4. Structure and administration of the early Ottoman Empire from 2019-02-23T16:23:50

In our new podcast we will describe the early structure of the Ottoman empire. Usually, the scholars divide this topic into 4 parts, and in the first part we are going to talk about the politica...

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0.3. Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire from 2018-12-29T03:01:51

In this episode we will talk about the early history of Christianity within the Roman Empire, the rise of the Church and how a small and repressed group managed to become one of the most influen...

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0.2. Japan before and after the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 from 2018-12-14T03:01:51

We have recently published a video covering the naval portion of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 on our Youtube channel https://www.you...

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0.1. Russia before and after the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 from 2018-11-28T04:21:18

We have recently published a video covering the naval portion of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4w2n1KjfQ This is an addendum to thi...

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