10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Chinese Revolutionary War
The armies of infantry and chariots effective in the civil wars fought in the river plains were now all but abandoned. The government began loaning breeding horses to farmers for a period of three years in exchange for some of the foals they gave birth to. They even introduced a policy that allowed a family toex s up to three of their male members from military service if they presented one horse to the government. Soon this policy began to pay off, with generals every year led forces of 20 or 30 thousand cavalry in attacks on barbarians.
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