Sadly enough

lol

Yeah. It’s hard to imagine what that would be like. I don’t really understand pre-colonial African cultures.

I'd think the closest we could get to understanding it from our perspective would be Native American and Aboriginal tribes. Their war and living situations were very similar on a tale of the tape

_I love me some white women_

I joke

But anyway

A diverse array of tribes constantly fighting over small land grabs and trying to survive that one cannibal tribe that messes up everything

Yeah

The only common ground is your mutual weakness in the situation

It’s interesting how this whole dynamic seems to have been ignored

The same sorta thing played out on a grander scale in east Asia

Are you talking about Feudal Japan or something else?

I agree. Everyone was awful in some way back then.

With China/Japan and the unequal treaties etc, except without the slavery

Nah, I mean the intrusion of Western power into these areas

That was China's fault mostly

They were constantly at odds with each other

Until one nation pulled its sacks up while one took it up the arse

You ever listen to the story of Cheng I Sao?

Nah mate, give us a rundown

No.

No clue who that is

So there was a large pirate faction that dominated the Chinese seas. Once the leader died, his wife (a former prostitute) took charge and ran the entire fleet like a boss.

So because of this, she was at constant war with the Chinese military who had no efficient navy at the time. This prompted them to call in British assistance with their superior Naval fleet

After a bunch of background politics that got her off Scot-free and disbanded her fleet, and also after she bombarded literally every Port on the way to Beijing, this opened up the Opium Wars which is a big part of Western occupation of East Asia

TL;DR: a thieving whore crippled China and started a drug war.

The shortened version is a lot less respectable than it actually was

Cool. Didn’t know that

Look into it. She's actually pretty badass

Sounds cool.

Should make an anime out of that

I’ve kinda had enough of everyone shilling about the Three Kingdoms

I'd absolutely watch it

Great saga for sure but

Shouldn’t we illuminate other sections of Chinese history?

It's certainly robust enough. Instead of just limiting ourselves to the Three Kingdoms or Mulan

Like Jesus the shift between the Ming and the Qing is some of the best political drama ever

Maybe get some guy from the villages to rise through the Mandarin system and just be caught up in the shit

Would be amazing

History is just riddled with dramatic sagas and heroes. The Second Punic War is a perfect example of such