The Qing Dynasty: A Captivating Guide to the History of China's Last Empire Called the Great Qing, Including Events Such as the Fall of Beijing, Opium Wars, and Taiping Rebellion
Written by Captivating History
Narrated by Jason Zenobia
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Qing Dynasty, then pay attention...
Succeeding the Ming dynasty in 1644, the Qing emperors managed to create one of the largest empires ever to exist in the territories of Asia and the fifth largest empire in the world. The Qing dynasty doubled the size of the Ming territory, but they also more than tripled its population, integrating not just Chinese but also Tibetans, Mongols, Burmese, Tai peoples, and the indigenous people of Taiwan, among others. The Qing dynasty governed this vast empire for nearly 300 years.
In The Qing Dynasty: A Captivating Guide to the History of China's Last Empire Called the Great Qing, Including Events Such as the Fall of Beijing, Opium Wars, and Taiping Rebellion, you will discover topics such as
- The Fall of the Ming Dynasty
- The Kangxi Emperor
- Reign of Emperors Yongzheng and Qianlong
- The Jahriyya Revolt, White Lotus Rebellion, and Eight Trigrams Uprising
- The First Opium War
- The Second Opium War
- Taiping Rebellion
- Self-Strengthening of China
- Empress Dowager Cixi
- Boxer Rebellion
- The Last Emperor
- And much, much more!
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Hard to listen to. The narrator mangles the pronunciation of most names and places. I’m not even talking about tones, but common vowel sounds. Come on, it’s not that hard to learn the Chinese roman phoneticization system.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Phenomenal read. Clear concise, rich and compelling. Particularly the tai ping rebellion and pu yi