Dorozhand
Banned
The rise of the Tangut and the Later Xia Dynasty is among the most studied aspects of Chinese history. A series of extraordinary events expertly manipulated by a talented ruler culminating in the first non-Han empire to unify China. At any point however Emperor Shizu could have failed, or a less ambitious Emperor could have stood by without acting. His conquest following the collapse of the overstretched Jin empire after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Jiangling, carving a swathe from Gansu to Shandong, and Emperor Mingzong's divide-and-conquer absorption of the warring Southern Song states were some of the most ingenious military campaigns in history. How would Chinese history have been altered if this had not occurred? Could Song have recovered fully and driven Jin out of China? Or perhaps Jin could have recovered and conquered all of China at a later date?
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