10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Dongjo's Assassination of Dong Joo
According to the book of later han, dong jo destroyed everything within a distance of a hundred kilometers outside lo yang. The rebel lords camped on the river crossing realized what was happening too late. When they reached it, they found only a desolate ruin. No large buildings were left standing in the city and the whole land was covered in a layer of ash like a dusting of snow. Dongjo soon became paranoid, and heb a vast personal fortress for himself on the way river, 90 kilometers from chang an. He stocked his fortress with 30 years worth of supplies and spoke in confident tones about this insurance policy: if things go well, i shall be master of the empire
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