A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civil
In the mid-5th century, Southern China is at a boiling point. Between the decade reign of Emperor Xi
Emperor Taiwu has been described as "Northern Wei's Teddy Roosevelt", and overshadows many of the Tu
The decade long détente between the South and North will be shattered in 449 by a series of tit-for-
Over the course of the 5th century, Buddhism had become the rising star within China, in spite of it
Northern Wei uses Liu Song's hesitation to move north of the Yellow River as an opportunity to reint
What had been sixteen kingdoms in the North and an uneasy Dynasty in the South has calcified into a
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We track back down south to discover what's been going on with the Jin Dynasty. An imbecile emperor
The Xianbei Tuoba Clan from the northwest fills the power-vacuum left by the collapse of Former QIn,
Fratricide, regicide, and genocide are hallmarks of this period in the north. Though the tumult, For
The second half of Shi Hu's reign over Later Zhao, his scheming heirs, and the short, unhappy reigns
Following the death of Emperor Shi Le, Later Zhao will swiftly succumb to the bloody revenge of Shi
South of the Huai River, The Eastern Jin discover that a house divided against itself cannot long st
The Jin Dynasty has lost the north, and now hides on the southern banks of the Yangtze River, trying
Following the bloody struggle between the eight princes, the Jin Dynasty lies in tatters. Into the v
Emperor Wu goes on an 8-year, goat-powered orgy through 5000 concubines, leaving the empire in the h
As promised, here we take a short break before launching into the Jin Dynasty of the late 3rd centur
We arrive at the climactic finale of the Three Kingdoms period, as Emperor Wu of Jin orders a massiv
The state of Eastern Wu has been busy, busy, busy, in spite of all the focus given to the rivalry be
Warping back in time half a century, we take a different look at the Three Kingdoms through the eyes
