026 - Enter the Xiongnu
The wait is over, as the Xiongnu finally strike back. And boy did they ever strike back.....This week we cover the Xiongnu, the Han dynasty's disastrous response, and the later death of Emperor Gao.
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Map of the Xiongnu territory. Two notes: 1) See Loufan in the bottom quandrent, this is where that battle we described in the episode occurred around. 2) Notice how the territory shown sits south into modern day China and is not encompassing of greater Mongolia.
Map of the early Han Dynasty at peak size. Note: Some territory has yet to be conquered yet in our story
Depiction of Xiongnu warriors
Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty