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Back to SearchEmperor Chongzhen vs. Climate Change
Episode 8
In the early months of 1644, everything seemed to be crashing down upon Chongzhen. Fated to hang himself from a tree, the last emperor of the Ming Dy…
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Chinese Gods vs. Everyone Else
Episode 7
Religion in Chinese culture contrasts sharply with religions in other civilizations. For one thing, many Chinese gods were flesh-and-blood human bein…
4 years, 11 months ago
Kangxi and Louis XIV, or How a Child Plotted a Coup
Episode 6
During his years on the throne, Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, longed to make the acquaintance of Emperor Kangxi of China. The two men had a grea…
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The Battle of Changping; the Siege of Handan
Episode 5
Students of Chinese history know that Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor and the founder of the Qin Dynasty, ended the Warring States Era and unified C…
4 years, 11 months ago
I Ching and Computer Science
Episode 4
Did a 3,000-year-old Chinese book of divination anticipate modern computer science? When a Jesuit missionary brought him a copy of the I Ching, or mo…
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The Yang Family Generals
Episode 3
In the years immediately before and after 1,000 A.D., three generations of the Yang family, men and women, defended the northern borders of Song Dyna…
4 years, 11 months ago
Three Kingdoms and the Iliad
Episode 2
The Three Kingdoms era following the collapse of the Han Dynasty was a pivotal period in Chinese history. Many Chinese traditions date to this time. …
4 years, 11 months ago
Who Was the Master of Demon Gorge?
Episode 1
In the 4th century B.C., a reclusive master of all trades and his four students shaped China's destiny.
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