10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The People of Early China
The first millennium be sea in china was a time of rapid change and feverish invention. The people here learned to coat bronze in chromium to increase its resistance to corrosion. In agriculture, iron tools and mechanical devices like the multiple seed drill led to a production boom. This era of development and ingenuity is known as the spring and autumn period. But with the rapid development of technology, upheaval soon followed. Spreading use of iron meant that production of weapons and armor had become cheap and easy. And this ushered in an age quite fittingly known as the warring states period.
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