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Vol 3 Ep 68 - Ancient China: The Han Dynasty, Part Two Apr 25, 2021

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108 BCE - 208 CE - While trade and subjugation brings wealth, corruption and warfare brings expense, and The Han Dynasty's later years tells the story of this precarious balancing act and its consequences.

Vol 3 Ep 67 - Ancient China: The Han Dynasty, Part One Apr 18, 2021

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210 - 108 BCE - Some of the great characters of ancient China lived through this period such as Liu Bang and his consort Empress Lu, the great patriarchal leader of the Xiongnu Empire, Modu Chanyu, and then later on the Emperor Wu with his well traveled envoy Zhang Qian.

Vol 3 Ep 66 - Ancient China: The Qin Dynasty Apr 11, 2021

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900 - 210 BCE - How the outlying Qin state come to rule over the whole of China, and the unique story of the first emperor and how this short lived dynasty has left an immortal legacy for the emperor who wanted to be immortal.

Vol 3 Ep 65 - Ancient China: The Zhou Dynasty Apr 04, 2021

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1046 - 256 BCE - The longest of all dynasties in Chinese history but certainly not the strongest. This episode covers the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period with special reference to Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism.

Vol 3 Ep 64a - The Evolution of Religion Mar 29, 2021

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From the beginning of human nature, the aspect of religion has accompanied us through our evolutionary journey, but what started religion and what factors turned it into what we know today?

BONUS - Nick Barksdale interviews Chris Hasler Mar 29, 2021

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2019 - Between the publication of Volume Two and Volume Three, Chris was interviewed by the man behind the successful YouTube channel, the Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Nick Barksdale. Here is the audio version.

Vol 3 Ep 64 - Abrahamic Religion ( Christianity / Islam / Judaism ) Mar 28, 2021

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1300 BCE - 900 CE - History has seen repeated tensions between the three Abrahamic religions whose history is intertwined and all come from the same original theory of there being one almighty God. The different interpretations of God's teachings have divided the monotheistic followers into distinct religions and sects of those religions too.

Vol 3 Ep 63 - Ancient Indian Religion ( Buddhism / Hinduism ) Mar 21, 2021

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3300 BCE - 570 CE - How did Hinduism and Buddhism emergence and how did each religion cope with the fragmentation or their followers? Why do we see so little of Buddhism in India despite the continued protection and preservation of the Bodhi Tree there?

Vol 3 Ep 62 - The Gupta Empire Mar 14, 2021

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320 - 570 - Indian lands ruled by Indian people. The lands of the subcontinent moved forward into their own prosperous Classical Age. Find out what they did and how this era came and went.

Vol 3 Ep 61 - The Kushan Empire Mar 07, 2021

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30 - 375 - They migrated across the steppe as nomads and then plugged a gap between all of the mightiest empires of the world. They controlled the interesting new trade route between east and west, but no-one talks about them much by comparison. That is until this week!

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