Podcasts about chinese dynasty

This week. We take a look at the last Chinese Dynasty known as "The Qing Dynasty". But how did Qing China function, and what changed from The fall of The Ming Dynasty to the Qing? We also take a look at from how the goverment worked, to trade relations with the west, and the other asiatic countries, To the Opium Wars, and the rise of Dowager Empress Cixi. All this, and more. This week on "Well That Aged Well". With "Erlend Hedegart".Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/well-that-aged-well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 187, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Also A Chinese Dynasty 1: The astronauts drank this orange-flavored breakfast drink. Tang. 2: Mr. Solo of the movies. Han. 3: The past participle of the verb that means to make music vocally. sung. 4: A protruding part of the face below the lips. chin. 5: The last name of designer Anna, it sounds like a popular hog call. Sui. Round 2. Category: This Category Is Gonna Tank 1: When air forces out the seawater in a sub's ballast tank, the sub will do this. rise. 2: The Firefly was one of these "General" tanks equipped with a 76.2-millimeter long-barreled gun. Sherman tank. 3: The University of Arizona warns never use matches when inspecting this home waste-water treater. septic tank. 4: Gouramis are kept in these. fish tanks. 5: He and Emile Gagnan perfected the tank of air with a pressure-regulating valve worn by divers. Jacques Cousteau. Round 3. Category: Capital 1: Rainfall is rare in this capital of Peru. Lima. 2: Yokusuka and Yokohama lie on the same harbor as this capital. Tokyo. 3: When Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972 for the world chess title, they were in this world capital. Reykjavik. 4: This city's highest hill at almost 400 feet was built out of rubble collected after WWII. Berlin. 5: Now capital, Gaborone was the administrative seat of Bechuanaland, which became this country in 1966. Botswana. Round 4. Category: I'll Have The "Ham" 1: A Cricetus cricetus with large cheek pouches. hamster. 2: This tendon is at the back of the thigh. hamstring. 3: This man co-wrote several popular musicals including "The King and I". Oscar Hammerstein. 4: He wrote hard-boiled detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man". Dashiell Hammett. 5: This county in southern England borders the English Channel. Hampshire. Round 5. Category: 20Th Century Novels 1: Chief Bromden, a mental patient, narrates this 1962 novel. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 2: The slogan "Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad" appears in this 1945 novel. Animal Farm. 3: In the Stephen King book, Annie Wilkes loves company, but only author Paul Sheldon's. Misery. 4: In 1955 he got an offer he couldn't refuse: the publication of his first novel, "The Dark Arena". (Mario) Puzo. 5: The 8,000-copy first printing of this Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel sold out in a week. A Hundred Years of Solitude. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Kubilai Khan's death without an heir to the Khanate and the Chinese Dynasty once again caused uncertainty  over the regime, and fighting among his grandson's over the succession.  Kubilai Khan's grandson, Temur, eventually ascended to the throne.  The next thirty-nine years brought a rapid succession of nine emperors.Temur was a capable ruler. He made peace with the other warring Mongolian Khanates within the empire.   He also left the administrative state's systems and structures in good condition.  He did little, however, over the ceaseless fiscal problems that haunted the empire and the dynasty.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, PhD examines the political career of Xi Jinping from a historical and comparative perspective. Starting in the Qing dynasty and moving to the present, Wasserstrom outlines the events that have shaped China and Xi Jinping's political outlook and the implications of recent term limit changes. Wasserstrom also deconstructs the question: Is Xi Jinping a new Mao, a new emperor, or a new Putin? Series: "Zot Talks" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33604]

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, PhD examines the political career of Xi Jinping from a historical and comparative perspective. Starting in the Qing dynasty and moving to the present, Wasserstrom outlines the events that have shaped China and Xi Jinping's political outlook and the implications of recent term limit changes. Wasserstrom also deconstructs the question: Is Xi Jinping a new Mao, a new emperor, or a new Putin? Series: "Zot Talks" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33604]

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, PhD examines the political career of Xi Jinping from a historical and comparative perspective. Starting in the Qing dynasty and moving to the present, Wasserstrom outlines the events that have shaped China and Xi Jinping's political outlook and the implications of recent term limit changes. Wasserstrom also deconstructs the question: Is Xi Jinping a new Mao, a new emperor, or a new Putin? Series: "Zot Talks" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33604]

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, PhD examines the political career of Xi Jinping from a historical and comparative perspective. Starting in the Qing dynasty and moving to the present, Wasserstrom outlines the events that have shaped China and Xi Jinping's political outlook and the implications of recent term limit changes. Wasserstrom also deconstructs the question: Is Xi Jinping a new Mao, a new emperor, or a new Putin? Series: "Zot Talks" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 33604]

The Olmec of Mesoamerica and the Chavin of Peru laid strong cultural foundations that would influence regional civilizations down through the first European encounters with the New World. The longest-lasting Chinese Dynasty, the Zhou, bore witness to eras of unity and conquest, the devolution of […] The post Episode 12 – Legacies of East and West first appeared on THE ANCIENT WORLD.