#109 Collapse (Part 2)

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!

This week we’re taking a look at the moments in history when things went to pot. Come with us to see Louis Napoleon’s self-coup in mid-19th century France, the frequent dynastic collapses in China, plus: how the Ottoman Empire bit the dust.

And why exactly did people look so old and knackered in the past; was everyone on a tough old paper round? Or something else? We don’t have the answers, but if you have theory, do send it on: [email protected]

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0:56.3	That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. Hello, this is part two of societal collapse. Let's go on with the show. So today I am going to talk to you about the end of dynasties in China.
1:20.9	Now, this is kind of fascinating.
1:23.5	In China, the collapse of a dynasty is such an accepted inevitable fact of history that it has a name for it.
1:33.7	And that name is Chow Dai Sun Wan, which means dynastic cycle.
1:39.3	And whether you agree with the theory or not, it does reflect the country's desire to understand why all 13 major imperial dynasties eventually collapsed.
1:49.7	Which I kind of, there's an amazing fact that, isn't it?
1:51.8	Like, you think eventually one of them would stick, but all 13 of the imperial dynasties collapsed.
1:57.8	Yeah.
1:58.8	It's going to affect your mentality.
2:01.1	Yeah. But do you ever affect your mentality. Yeah.
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