10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Death of Dong Jo
Dong jo's body was left in the street, and it's said that his killers mocked him by putting a candle wick in his belly button and lighting it. He is said to have been so large at the time of his death that the candle burned for days on the fat of his stomach. Later that year, at the age of 14, the emperor shian managed to escape chang an. Sneaking through the gates in disguise with a select few attendants. They fled back across the country, evading the roaming bands of bandits and the raiding parties of the war lords who were even now beginning to tear china apart.
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