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Episode 38: The Organization of Heaven & Earth
Episode 38: The Organization of Heaven & Earth
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2024
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Description
This month we turn to the astronomy of China in the early Imperial Era. We look at the way that the Emperor's astronomers were organized within the imperial bureaucracy and then walk through the three significant cosmological theories of the era.
Released:
Jan 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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