The Imperial powers of Europe and Japan humiliate China until they create an uprising of magical martial artists who are terrified of period blood. 

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David Silby. The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game in China

Diana Preston. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic History of China’s War Against Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900

Henry Keown-Boyd. The Fists of Righteous Harmony

Joseph Esherick. The Origins of the Boxer Uprising

Episode 301 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 1: Unbeatable Army of Ultra Nerds

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The conclusion to our two parter on the Weather Underground

Episode 311 - The Weather Underground: Part 2

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Tom takes the wheel and tells Joe about the time a man created a terror organization in order to get laid.

Episode 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1

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The King of Spain hires a bunch of mercenaries to go to war and refuses to pay them leading to them sacking Rome for a paycheck.

Sources:

https://www.historynet.com/rome-ravaged/

https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/05/the-darkest-day-in-the-history-of-the-swiss-guard/

Idan Sherer. A Bloody Carnival? Charles' V Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527

Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome

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Episode 301 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 1: Unbeatable Army of Ultra Nerds

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