Empire: World History — 181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones

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181. The Dragon Empress: China’s Game of Thrones

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The inculcation of Buddhism from India as the state religion in China was enabled by the violent rise of China’s only ever woman Emperor. Raised by pious Buddhist parents, Wu Zetian left a trail of bodies in her wake as she charted a path to absolute power. From a lowly ranked concubine in the imperial harem to the…

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