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#173 - S. Song 15: Swan Song

#173 - S. Song 15: Swan Song

FromThe History of China


#173 - S. Song 15: Swan Song

FromThe History of China

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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hangzhou is surrounded by the Mongol Yuan army, and is soon to fall. When the child-emperor and the Empress Dowager are taken captive, it will fall to the last two princes of House Zhao to flee to the islands and archipelagos of the Deep South, if they’re to stand any chance at all of keeping the flame of the Song from guttering out forever.Time Period Covered:1275-1279 CESouthern Song:Grand Empress Dowager XieEmpress Dowager ChuanEmperor Zhao Xian (Gong of Song) [r.1274-1276, d. 1323]Emperor Zhao Shi (Duanzong) [r. 1276-1278]Emperor Zhao Bing [r. 1278-1279]Chancellor Chen YizhongMongol Yuan Dynasty:Khubilai, Mongol Khan & Emperor of YuanGeneral Bayan, Commander of the Southern CampaignGeneral AtzuhanAdmiral Dong WenpingLt. MenkhutaiLt. Fan Wenhu For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Sep 7, 2019
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