Ancient China: The Warring States

Professor Andrew Seth Meyer walks through the 261-year Warring States period — the collapse of Zhou authority, the emergence of mass conscript armies, crossbow technology, and the ruthless Qin campaigns that forged China's first empire. Hughes asks the right questions and Meyer brings genuine expertise on an era most Western military history listeners know poorly. A strong hour on a period that produced some of the largest battles in the ancient world.