History Abridged with Jack Rackam | The Man who Reversed 1,000 Years of History | The Life & Times of Wang Mang @JackRackam | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
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Hey, hidey ho there, how ya doin, welcome to part three of this here Han dynasty trilogy. If you haven’t seen the first two I highly recommend it, if not don’t worry about it, all you need to know: This guy is Han Wudi, he ruled China for 5 decades at the peak of one of its golden ages, made it bigger and better, then got super paranoid and killed his favorite son. Along the way he threw his newborn great-grandson into prison but guess what he grew up in prison, a kindly warden got him out, he grew up some more as a commoner and then someone came to his house one day and said “Hey surprise congratulations you’re the emperor!” and he was a really nice guy who did nice things for the commoners and only mass-murdered like one family, practically a saint.
Today, and by today I mean like 1 BCE, the emperor is dead, succession is getting complicated again and China is effectively ruled by this man: the quiet and humble regent Wang Mang… who’s leading a cult of personality from the shadows in order to resurrect a 1000-year-old kingdom and become the most powerful man in the known world.
Music (in order of appearance):
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Wu Zetian
2WEI - Blackburn
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Peritune - Wuxia 2 Guzheng
Pokemon evolution sting
Guan Xia - Overture No. 1
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - The Five Guardians
Elite Backing Tracks - Bossa Nova in D Major
Qing Bei Le - The Joy of Drinking Up the Wine
Kevin Macleod - Peppy Pepe (you didn't think I could make a video and only use Macleod's music for the intro did you?)
Aphrow - Lion Dance
Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring - Head to keeps.com/jackrackam to get 50% off your first order of hair loss treatment
Hey, hidey ho there, how ya doin, welcome to part three of this here Han dynasty trilogy. If you haven’t seen the first two I highly recommend it, if not don’t worry about it, all you need to know: This guy is Han Wudi, he ruled China for 5 decades at the peak of one of its golden ages, made it bigger and better, then got super paranoid and killed his favorite son. Along the way he threw his newborn great-grandson into prison but guess what he grew up in prison, a kindly warden got him out, he grew up some more as a commoner and then someone came to his house one day and said “Hey surprise congratulations you’re the emperor!” and he was a really nice guy who did nice things for the commoners and only mass-murdered like one family, practically a saint.
Today, and by today I mean like 1 BCE, the emperor is dead, succession is getting complicated again and China is effectively ruled by this man: the quiet and humble regent Wang Mang… who’s leading a cult of personality from the shadows in order to resurrect a 1000-year-old kingdom and become the most powerful man in the known world.
Music (in order of appearance):
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Wu Zetian
2WEI - Blackburn
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Peritune - Wuxia 2 Guzheng
Pokemon evolution sting
Guan Xia - Overture No. 1
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - The Five Guardians
Elite Backing Tracks - Bossa Nova in D Major
Qing Bei Le - The Joy of Drinking Up the Wine
Kevin Macleod - Peppy Pepe (you didn't think I could make a video and only use Macleod's music for the intro did you?)
Aphrow - Lion Dance
