#57 - S&N 1: Bipolarity

The History of China

Chris Stewart

History

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🗓️ 16 March 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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What had been sixteen kingdoms in the North and an uneasy Dynasty in the South has calcified into a seemingly permanent polar split. After some shenanigans, both halves of China will - surprisingly - find themselves with capable leaders. The coming showdown will be one for the history... um... podcasts... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.0	Hello. Hello and welcome to the history of China.
1:21.0	Episode 57, bipolarity.
1:27.0	Last time we witnessed the overthrow, restoration, and then final destruction of the long-beligored Jin Dynasty in 420 CE at the hands of the brilliant military
1:37.4	strategist Leo Yu.
1:40.1	We left off with him declaring the establishment of Jean's successor state,
1:43.5	Son. Or as we've come to know it historically, Leo Son. With Leo Yu
1:49.2	taking the imperial throne as its first emperor, Wu. But what we didn't really get into last time, and what
1:56.1	will be our focus this episode, are the ramifications that change would have for the political
2:00.9	landscape of the 5th century China.
2:04.6	Especially as it interacted with the ongoing unification of the north under the steady
2:08.6	hand of the Toobah emperors of Northern Way. In fact, these two events are considered a turning point in Chinese
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