General History of China
Season 1, episode 43: Empress Wu Zetian. Playback is hosted by an external player.
Episodes
- Season 1, episode 1China Road
- Season 1, episode 2The Earliest Chinese
- Season 1, episode 3The Rise of Agriculture
- Season 1, episode 4The Origins of Civilization
- Season 1, episode 5The Age of Early States
- Season 1, episode 6The Xia Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 7The Rise and Fall of the Shang Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 8Shang Civilization
- Season 1, episode 9King Wu's Conquest of Shang
- Season 1, episode 10The Regency of the Duke of Zhou
- Season 1, episode 11The Decline of the Zhou Royal House
- Season 1, episode 12The Struggle for Supremacy in the Spring and Autumn Period
- Season 1, episode 13Confucius
- Season 1, episode 14Reforms Among the Warring States
- Season 1, episode 15The Seven Warring States
- Season 1, episode 16The Hundred Schools of Thought
- Season 1, episode 17The Rise of the State of Qin
- Season 1, episode 18Qin Shi Huang Unifies China
- Season 1, episode 19The Chu-Han Contention
- Season 1, episode 20The Parallel System of Commanderies and Kingdoms
- Season 1, episode 21The Rule of Wen and Jing
- Season 1, episode 22Emperor Wu of Han
- Season 1, episode 23Confucian Learning During the Two Han Dynasties
- Season 1, episode 24The Reign of Emperors Zhao and Xuan
- Season 1, episode 25Wang Mang's Reforms
- Season 1, episode 26The Restoration of Emperor Guangwu
- Season 1, episode 27The Silk Road
- Season 1, episode 28The Pure Critiques and the Partisan Prohibitions
- Season 1, episode 29The Yellow Turban Rebellion
- Season 1, episode 30The Three Kingdoms
- Season 1, episode 31Zhuge Liang Governs Shu
- Season 1, episode 32The Unification Under Western Jin
- Season 1, episode 33The Spirit of the Wei and Jin Periods
- Season 1, episode 34Rule by the Great Aristocratic Clans
- Season 1, episode 35Emperor Wu of Liang's Government
- Season 1, episode 36Emperor Xiaowen's Reforms
- Season 1, episode 37Emporer Wu of Northern Zhou
- Season 1, episode 38The Rise and Fall of the Chen Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 39Buddhism in the Wei and Jin Periods
- Season 1, episode 40The Restoration of Unity
- Season 1, episode 41Emperor Yang of Sui: Achievements and Failures
- Season 1, episode 42The Reign of Zhenguan
- Season 1, episode 43Empress Wu Zetian
- Season 1, episode 44The Prosperous Kaiyuan Era
- Season 1, episode 45The An Lushan Rebellion
- Season 1, episode 46The Predicament of the Middle and Late Tang
- Season 1, episode 47Chang'an: Metropolis of the World
- Season 1, episode 48The Rise and Fall of the Tibetan Empire
- Season 1, episode 49Dunhuang
- Season 1, episode 50The Tang Dynasty's Foreign Relations
- Season 1, episode 51Religion During the Tang Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 52The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Season 1, episode 53Emperor Taizu of Song
- Season 1, episode 54The Chanyuan Treaty
- Season 1, episode 55Governing the Realm with the Scholar-Officials
- Season 1, episode 56Wang Anshi's Reforms
- Season 1, episode 57The Jingkang Catastrophe
- Season 1, episode 58War and Peace Between Song and Jin
- Season 1, episode 59The Southern Song's Refuge in the Southeast
- Season 1, episode 60The Dreamlike Splendor of the Eastern Capital
- Season 1, episode 61Neo-Confucianism During the Song Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 62Song Dynasty Culture
- Season 1, episode 63The Rise of Khitan
- Season 1, episode 64The Founding of Western Liao
- Season 1, episode 65Wanyan Aguda
- Season 1, episode 66The Rise and Fall of the Jin Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 67Liao and Jin Culture
- Season 1, episode 68The Rise and Fall of Western Xia
- Season 1, episode 69The Rise of the Mongols
- Season 1, episode 70Kublai Khan
- Season 1, episode 71Imperial Progresses Between the Two Capitals
- Season 1, episode 72Phagpa, Imperial Preceptor of the Great Yuan
- Season 1, episode 73The Maritime Silk Road
- Season 1, episode 74Marco Polo and China
- Season 1, episode 75Emperor Shun of Yuan
- Season 1, episode 76Zhu Yuanzhang, Founder of the Ming Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 77The Yongle Emperor Moves the Capital
- Season 1, episode 78Zheng He’s Voyages to the Western Oceans
- Season 1, episode 79The Grand Secretariat System
- Season 1, episode 80The Tumu Crisis
- Season 1, episode 81Wang Yangming's Philosophy of Mind
- Season 1, episode 82Maritime Frontiers and Foreign Trade
- Season 1, episode 83Zhang Juzheng's Reforms
- Season 1, episode 84The Jesuits Come to China
- Season 1, episode 85The Market Towns of Jiangnan
- Season 1, episode 86Silver Capital
- Season 1, episode 87The Chongzhen Emperor
- Season 1, episode 88Entering and Ruling the Central Plains
- Season 1, episode 89The Consolidation of the Qing Dynasty
- Season 1, episode 90The Recovery of Taiwan
- Season 1, episode 91The Great Enterprise of Unification
- Season 1, episode 92The Grand Council
- Season 1, episode 93Incorporating the Poll Tax into the Land Tax
- Season 1, episode 94Civil Government and the Literary Inquisitions
- Season 1, episode 95Reluctant Self-Strengthening
- Season 1, episode 96The Opium War
- Season 1, episode 97The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- Season 1, episode 98The First Sino-Japanse War
- Season 1, episode 99Reform and Revolution
- Season 1, episode 100The End of Imperial Rule