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The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History

Tonio Andrade

From Song gunpowder battles to the Opium War, warfare pushed China and Europe along changing paths of innovation. Their military balance shifted more than once.

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20 parts, about 32 minutes to read.

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Tonio Andrade
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20 parts
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about 32 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Introduction: The Military Pattern of the Chinese Past1 min
  2. The Crucible: The Song Warring States Period1 min
  3. Early Gunpowder Warfare2 min
  4. The Mongol Wars and the Evolution of the Gun, 1211–12792 min
  5. Great Martiality: The Gunpowder Emperor2 min
  6. The Medieval Gun1 min
  7. Big Guns: Why Western Europe and Not China Developed Gunpowder Artillery1 min
  8. The Development of the Classic Gun in Europe1 min
  9. The Gunpowder Age in Europe2 min
  10. Cannibals with Cannons: The Sino Portuguese Clashes of 1521–15222 min
  11. The Frankish Cannon1 min
  12. Drill, Discipline, and the Rise of the West2 min
  13. The Musket in East Asia2 min
  14. The Seventeenth Century: An Age of Parity?1 min
  15. A European Naval Advantage2 min
  16. The Renaissance Fortress: An Agent of European Expansion?2 min
  17. The Opium War and the Great Divergence2 min
  18. A Modernizing Moment: Opium War Reforms2 min
  19. China's Modernization and the End of the Gunpowder Age2 min
  20. Conclusions: A New Warring States Period?1 min

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