10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Importance of a Common Man
The tomb of chinshi hwang has never been opened, but studies have shown that it does contain an unusually high concentration of mercury. One study even claims to show that the distribution of the mercury in the mound corresponds to the position of china's rivers. When lio bang was still a commoner, he once killed a great snake, whereupon a spirit appeared and announced this snake was the son of the white emperor, and he who killed him is the red emperor. He sacrificed to the warrior god chiyu and anointed his drums and flags with the blood of the sacrifice.
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