How and Why Tang Dynasty Ended - Tang to Song Dynasty Transition

I will cover the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period on the next episode. That period is quite the mess, so I will have to simplify it enough to make it easy for everyone to understand. Feel free to ask any questions if you have any, and I will answer it on the next episode.

Battle of talas in 751 AD against the Islamic caliphate os the real reason why tang dynasty fell apart

northerners are barbaric by nature

An Lushan was a Turk who got the equivalent of an affirmative action diversity job. The collapse of the Tang Dynasty was due to their cosmopolitan hubris.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Tang emperor should've learnt from Han dynasty as to what happens when Eunuchs gain power

Cause they were trash 🙄

These damn eunuch.. always the cause of downfall of a dynasty

i find it coincidental how both han dynasty and tang dynasty were known as the golden age and both fall because of eunuch and the method was similar using emperor as a puppet and replacing it with younger one just remind me of dongzhuo tactic

look like history did repeat itself once again

This history video is well done. 👏

there's only one outcome for a dynasty when you let eunuchs manage the emperor.

New China is today’s new dynasty?

Tang Taizong:-What did
they do to my boy?

I love the voice of the narrator😁

How did the Tang go?

I'm noticing a pattern with Eunuchs.

Looking forward to you covering the Yuan Dynasty!

五代十国

Have you seen the Smudcast covering your video of Asian honor?

china has so much rich fascinating history its a shame our countries governments cant get along. just know not all Americans are bad

Sad how the Tang went from the cosmopolitan empire to repeating the same mistakes from the past...

Actually you can watch 不良人 to learn about end of Tang Dynasty. Mostly fictions but names are quite right.

"It's takes men with balls to bring down China"
In this case men with no "balls"

Sui or song dynasty is probably the least popular and least interesting period of ancient China

Do the mongol yuan dynasty

So almost same reason as Han dynasty.

Hey where are you from? Your accent sounds singaporean/Malaysian.

Great summary! Awaiting your next two parts especially the rise of my favorite dynasty the Song.

a good emperor need to know how to keep the balance of power among his officials, that mean sometimes the emperor need to curb, purge or divide his officials, once the balance of power is broken, it is the end.

We might be witnessing another crash and burn.

Prosperity always brings it's ultimate nemesis. Like a final boss coming to crash your party.

VG

Can you do a video about the NanZhao and DaLi which existed along side the Tang and Song? I am looking for info about the connection between NanZhao and DaLi to Sukhothai which is really hard to find. Anyone know any good English source on this?

excellent video as always, good job

Really looking forward to your video on the 5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms period! Do you know any good English history books or essays on the period or scholars who specialize in the time? All I've been able to find besides basic wiki articles is the Cambridge history of the Song dynasty's first chapter which covers the period.

I love your videos!

Oh come on, the period can't be that confusing
sees two kingdoms of Wu
Nevermind

I can picture China thinking "Well crap. Here we go again."

Great video!

🤠👍🏿

Warlodism also happened in the fal of Qing Dynasty

fun fact: An LuShan is a turkic guy, and he is still always emerge in Chinese ppl's mind when every time some experts talking about absorbing immigrants.

I believe that the eunuchs were castrated so that they wouldn't be able to have descendants and establish a powerful family.

I hope that the Liao dynasty will be mentioned in the video about the 5 dynasties and 10 kingdoms.

long time no see.

What an excellent episode!

Man the pattern of every Chinese dynasty is like the first 3-5 Emperors were good or decent and then corruption, rebellion, foreign invasion, chaos, warlords, and then rebuilding.

most chinese dynasties except the song dynasty fell directly to internal revolts it seems

what's with Ball-less Men having more Balls than the Emperor in Ancient China?

Anlushan is one ☝️ of my favorite 🤩 characters. A lowly expat who made good 👍 n tried to takeover from d inside. Will u b doing a vid on d ten kingdoms?