Why China Kept Dying and Coming Back | 4,000 Years in 23 Minutes

China has collapsed into civil war, burned to the ground, and resurrected itself more times than any nation on earth. From oracle bones to legalism, silk roads to opium wars, here is 4,000 years of Chinese history explained with comedy and stick figures. #history #china #animation #comedy #worldhistory 0:00 - Prologue: The Immortal Empire 0:58 - Shang & Zhou: The Mandate of Heaven 3:46 - The First Emperor & Qin Legalism 7:01 - Han Dynasty: The Silk Road 9:37 - Tang Dynasty & Wu Zetian 11:57 - Song Dynasty & The Mongols 14:33 - Ming Dynasty & Zheng He 17:21 - Qing Dynasty & Opium Wars 19:56 - The Last Emperor & Fall of Empire 22:36 - Epilogue: 4,000 Years Later