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Are there any overviews of Chinese history that are both fun and accurate? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Owl@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net

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I like medieval stuff but I've nearly learned everything I care about in Europe. I want to get started on China, but I don't have the cultural background to dive in to anything detailed, I'd just get lost in a sea of missing context.

This is exactly what pop historians are for, but 80% of them just make shit up, so I need a recommendation.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

:zenz: have you seen Shen Yun yet?

[–] Fishroot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byjBNKyQXJ0&list=PLqi_HIn6wIRHTEYd_wHZB-qDVNAbKDxCT

If you are looking for more a chinese produced high quality documentary serie on Chinese philosophy, early nation formation, developement, etc. focus on an key historical figure, you have this serie. There is a season 2 now

season 2 is also completed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUM8x224JrX-EF3FLZ8_7YsKO2mviA_1P they speedrun from sui dynasty to Sun yatsen :agony-minion: