This week, we take a wee break from our narrative and chronological podcast, and dive into the legend behind one of China's most celebrated festivals - the Dragon Boat Festival!

This episode will take a look into the extremely famous poet Qu Yuan, and his story during the Warring States period and his legacy.

Hope you enjoy!

This episode covers the famous Silk Road, which was a trade route officially established during the Han dynasty.

This episode covers 4 main points:

1. How the silk road came into being

2. The goods traded between East and West

3. The Chinese secret to making silk

4. The flow of Buddhism along the silk road into China.

Hope you enjoy!

This episode talks about the brief period where the Han dynasty is usurped by the powerful minister Wang Mang in 9AD.

What replaces the Han is the Xin/New Dynasty, however despite this new order, it would only last 14 years and die with the death of it's first emperor.

This episode explores why Wang Mang decided to usurp power and what happened after he created his new dynasty.

Tune in to find out!

Today's episode will take us away from the chronological timeline and I will interview my friend Death of the Roman Republic podcaster!

We discuss many different topics between Rome at the time of Augustus and the Han dynasty such as religion, territory and populations as well as many more! 

Please be sure to give feedback to both of us! 

Here is the link to DOFTRR's page:

https://t.co/Y9KtQVk7GS?amp=1

This episode covers the very famous reign of Emeror Han Wudi.

Liu Che, who also became known as emperor Wu, was one of China's longest lasting emperors ever, he kept that record up until the Qing dynasty over 1,000 years later.

Han Wudi is known for 3 major things, which is what this episode discusses:

1st - Political unity and centralising imperial authority

2nd - bringing Confucianism to the forefront of Chinese state philosophy

3rd - Military conquests and expanding the empire

Hope you enjoy the episode!

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This episode was taken with a different mic, so sorry if it sounds different!

Today's podcast takes a different approach to the usual that is discussed in he Han Dynasty. The Western Han in particular, is famous for territorial expansion, centralization of power to the emperor, the revival of Confucianism and of course the imperial examination system.

HOWEVER, so much more get missed and THIS is what today's episode discusses. The Poetry, the art, the inventions and the music are all in this episode so go check it out!

Be sure to listen in.

I got my poetry sample from this website here:

http://www.shiren.org/xlib/lingshidao/hanshi/quyuan.htm

Be sure to check it out if you want the FULL POEM!

In this episode we explore what Liu Bang does when he becomes emperor Gaozu and what he does to retain power.

The episode will break down his actions into 4 main points:

Social changes

Political changes

Military campaigns

Succession issues.

Hope you enjoy!

This episode covers the Chu-Han Contention.

This period between 206-202 BC is covered in a huge amount of detail, and here I am trying to squeeze it all into 20 minutes.

For those of you who do not know, the Chu-Han contention is the war fought between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, the odds were totally stacked against Liu Bang, but it would seem he had heavens mandate and won the war to then found the Han dynasty by 202 BC.

This episode takes a look into why after such a rise, the Qin dynasty came tumbling down and fell apart after the death of Qin Shi Huang.

Hope you enjoy the episode!

This new episode covers what China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi does when he becomes emperor after conquering all of the warring states.

This new emperor didn't just sit back, and relax in a palace, but did a lot that changed Chinese history forever.

Hope you enjoy the episode and learn something new!