Qin Shi Huang was China’s first emperor. He unified ancient China, built the Great Wall and commissioned the Terracotta Army. But he was also a brutal tyrant who burned books, enslaved his enemies and castrated anyone who made him angry. Ouch!
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E210: Vincenzo Peruggia, the Man Who Stole The Mona Lisa
This week, the gang look at the life of Vincenzo Peruggia, a weird loner who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911, making it the most famous painting in the world. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/
1h 23m
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The First Emperor of China
In the third century BC, China was a land fractured by war - a patchwork of rival kingdoms struggling for dominance. Out of this chaos rose a single, extraordinary figure who would reshape the course of history: Chin Shrr Hwong, the First Emperor of China. His achievements were m ... Show More
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182. The Lady Macbeth of China
Having garnered absolute power through bloody means, Empress Wu Zetian begins seeing apparitions, haunted by her violent schemes. With her husband incapacitated, the Empress at first held counsel on his behalf from behind a curtain. But she soon officially proclaimed herself a di ... Show More
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#304 - Qing 39: Twilight of the Dragon
As both the Qianlong Emperor's extensive reign and the Eighteenth Century itself comes to a close, the Qing Empire faces - in spite of its outward posturing of timeless grandeur and invulnerability - an ever more uncertain future. By this time his successor, the Jiaqing Emperor, ... Show More
41m 15s