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10. China's Han Dynasty - The First Empire in Flames

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

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The Red Eyebrow Revolt of the Han Dynasty

The people of the mper capital of changan also rose up in the streets. They overcame wang mang's guard, stormed the palace and beheaded the emperor. The imperial palaces were burned to the ground. One anonymous chinese poet who stumbled on the ruins of an old palace, wrote the following poem of mourning at the sight: "i weep and my pencil trembles"

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