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Story of China
Silk Roads and China Ships
Michael Wood conjures up China's first great international age, the Tang Dynasty.
- TV-PG
The Last Empire
Travel from the Silk Road to the Yellow Sea with host Michael Wood as he explores the history of the world’s newest superpower. A thrilling and moving epic of the world’s oldest continuous state with the landscapes, peoples, and stories that made today’s China.
The Last Empire
Season 1 Episode 5 | 55m 48s | CC
In the 18th century China was the biggest economy in the world, and with that prosperity came a fabulously rich culture. From China's favourite novel, to opera and storytelling houses, and all-women's mosques, it's an age full of surprises. But then came the fateful clash with the British in the First Opium War, the beginning of the end of the empire.
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