A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civil
Beginning in Beijing, and then expanding out all t
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In the wake of the Kangxi Emperor's flawless victory + fatality of Galdan Khan, he erects his own de
The History of Aotearoa/New Zealand asked for a little boost in the "what going on elsewhere in the
We end our trio of insider views into the Forbidden City by looking at the life - and strictures - o
A look into the inner heart of the mysterious Forbidden City of Beijing, and at its most protected -
Everything you ever wanted to know (and probably some you didn't) about Court Eunuchs in Imperial Ch
Genghis Khan is dead, and his 3rd son Ögedei has ben selected to lead the Mongol Empire into an unce
Galdan is dead. Kangxi's victory is total. It's all over but the crying.... and the executions via s
The Kangxi Emperor ruthlessly tracks down Galdan Khan, leaving him and his followers with nowhere to
Even the invincible Genghis Khan must face the inevitability of death. It holds no fear for him pers
The jaws of the Kangxi Emperor close in around Galdan Khan, as his own dream of "The Great Mongol En
Galdan Khan has slipped The Kangxi Emperor’s trap, but only by the skin of his teeth. Now having ret
In an epic handshake of history, the Qing and Russian Empires hammer out the first major treaty betw
A chat with Vince and Cassie of the Autocrat Podcast comparing and contrasting the Roman and Chinese
A hefty second helping of weird, whimsical, wondrous, and wicked tales of the supernatural from the
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A trio of seasonal tales about the Korean version of the classic fox spirit, the kumiho (huli jing [
The Kangxi Emperor of Great Qing squares off again Galdan Khan of the Dzungar Khanate in the sociopo
A brief history of Mid-Autumn Festival, and the tale of Hou Yi the Archer & the Ten Suns, and Ch
