Ep. 246 | The History of Xinjiang (Part 3)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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More Han Dynasty for you in this Part 3 episode with a special focus on the great diplomat and general Ban Chao. Back in those Han Dynasty days, Xinjiang was still considered very far away and not so easy to hold onto. From the Han till the Tang, as Silk Road riches continue to grow along the trade routes, China will be in and out of the Western regions and face all kinds of competition for the great wealth contained within the Tarim and Turpan basins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back everyone to the China History Podcast, Lhasa Montgomery here.
0:04.4	Still with you after 246 episodes.
0:07.6	We're on to part three this time, still ancient history of Xinjiang.
0:12.0	We've seen how China first began engaging the people
0:15.6	who called Xinjiang home. There were no borders back then like there are now.
0:20.8	Whenever we discuss any aspect of this history of Xinjiang, the ancient
0:25.8	cities of modern day, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, as well.
0:34.0	They're all part of this history too, and everything west and east of Xinjiang
0:40.0	was all connected via these silk roads that got the heartbeat pumping that led to the first vestiges of global trade.
0:49.0	We left off last time with the Western Han triumphant in Xinjiang,
0:53.8	Huachu Bing and Wei Qing, these two Han Dynasty generals
0:58.7	were the Chinese heroes who pushed the Shionnu out of Xinjiang, or at least north of the Tian Shan, the heavenly mountains
1:07.2	that served as this bushy eyebrow above the Tarim Basin.
1:13.0	Beginning with Han Wu Di and for the next two Western Han
1:16.2	Emperor's Jo and Schwen, the foundations were built and fortified in Xinjiang
1:22.2	that facilitated all the Silk Road trade between China and the rest of the world.
1:26.8	But then we'll see starting with the Han Emperor Yuan 48 to 33 BC afterc.C. E. after such a magnificent run, the dynasty started to stall.
1:38.0	About the time Jesus was doing his preaching in the Holy Land, the Han Dynasty hit the skids.
1:45.0	One small chapter from the Chinese history of the Xinjiang region happened in 77
1:51.0	B.C. E. late in the reign of Hanchal D. There was a bit of unrest in the kingdom of Lolan.
1:59.3	Lolan, due to its strategic location, just on the other side of the Khushi corridor, was a very
2:07.8	key place for the Han Imperial Government.
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