Imperium - Die letzten Tage von Peking
- Episode aired May 21, 2006
For milennia, the Chinese empire and its emperor's rule by divine mandate of heaven seemed unshakable, the sole true civilization, Middle Kingdom means center of the universe, symbolically r... Read allFor milennia, the Chinese empire and its emperor's rule by divine mandate of heaven seemed unshakable, the sole true civilization, Middle Kingdom means center of the universe, symbolically reflected in the Forbidden City. It all changed quite suddenly since a concubine rose to ru... Read allFor milennia, the Chinese empire and its emperor's rule by divine mandate of heaven seemed unshakable, the sole true civilization, Middle Kingdom means center of the universe, symbolically reflected in the Forbidden City. It all changed quite suddenly since a concubine rose to ruling regent for her husband and the crown prince of the Manchu (last, conquering) dynasty,... Read all