Vol 3 Ep 67 - Ancient China: The Han Dynasty, Part One

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

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🗓️ 18 April 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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210 - 108 BCE - Some of the great characters of ancient China lived through this period such as Liu Bang and his consort Empress Lu, the great patriarchal leader of the Xiongnu Empire, Modu Chanyu, and then later on the Emperor Wu with his well traveled envoy Zhang Qian.

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0:41.0	Volume 3 The Classical World, Episode 67, The Han Dynasty, Part 1. The The first Emperor of all of China,
1:20.0	the first Emperor of all of China, Jinxi Huang, died in the year 2 10 b.C.
1:25.0	his legacy was as important as any other Chinese figure to date.
1:31.0	He had conquered all of the lands of China, those being the ones centered on
1:36.0	the two river valleys, Yellow and Yanksi, and he had made sweeping reforms of all of those
1:42.0	lands so that everybody was following the same imperial
1:45.2	rules. The social structure was called legalism and promoted a very
1:51.0	centralized rule where farmers were expected to deliver a minimum yield to the state granaries
1:57.4	and everybody was expected to do their military service. The best farmers and soldiers were rewarded, while those that failed to make the grade
2:06.8	may be consigned to a lifetime of slavery.
2:11.2	The success of the Chin dynasty and subsequently the Chin Empire of China was down to the strong leadership and governance of Xinxi Huang who surrounded himself with the right people who administered the empire with strength.
2:27.0	People like Mung Tian, who was a great commander of people.
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