Author: Trevor Culley

I'm Trevor Culley. My personal experience with both Persian history and podcasts began with a college extra credit assignment to listen to the first Hardcore History history episode on the Achaemenids. I was instantly enthralled with the stories of the Kings of Kings and coming a little late to the party, started listening to podcasts. On one hand, I started heading down the road toward PhD that will let me study ancient Persia for a living. On the other, as I binged my way through both the History of Rome and early episodes of the History of Byzantium I was always excited for the episodes dealing with the Parthians and Sassanids. I'm sure some of you shared my surprise and disappointment to discover that there was not a similarly dedicated podcast dealing with the great empires east of Rome. So that brings us here. I've decided to personally create that dedicated podcast.

014: Shinmiyangyo the ExtraForgotten Korean War Part 2

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The Sujagi of Eo Jae-yeon, captured and taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1871

Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network (https://linktr.ee/aopnetwork), the Imperfect Men Podcast (@imperifectmenpod), and We Effed Up (@WeEffedUp) to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue.
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Duvernay – Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…

Chung – General’s Flag Returns Home From US

Eckert, et al. – Korea Old and New: A History

GlobalSecurity – SS General Sherman Incident

Hamilton – Korea, (224-225)

Howe – The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition

Hwang – American campaigns for flag’s return

IRFA – Stanislas Féron

Neff – The tiger hunters

Oppert – A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea

Shields – US’ 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island

Tyson – Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871

US Army – Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations

013: Shinmiyangyo the Extra-Forgotten Korean War Part I

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The Tomb of Namyeongun raided by Ernst Oppert and Stanislas Ferron via Wikimedia

Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network (https://linktr.ee/aopnetwork), the Imperfect Men Podcast (@imperifectmenpod), and We Effed Up (@WeEffedUp) to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue.
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Duvernay – Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…

Chung – General’s Flag Returns Home From US

Eckert, et al. – Korea Old and New: A History

GlobalSecurity – SS General Sherman Incident

Hamilton – Korea, (224-225)

Howe – The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition

Hwang – American campaigns for flag’s return

IRFA – Stanislas Féron

Neff – The tiger hunters

Oppert – A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea

Shields – US’ 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island

Tyson – Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871

US Army – Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations

127: War of the Regents

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Tomb relief from Termessos, thought to be the tomb of Alkestas via Wikimedia

Within just two years of Alexander the Great’s death, the conqueror’s empire shattered into civil war as Perdiccas threatened the most powerful nobles in the empire to solidify his own power as regent. Together with Eumenes, Alkestas, and a host of loyalists generals, the Perdiccid faction faced down Antipater, Antigonus, Craterus, and Ptolemy. It was the First War of the Diadochi, the First War of the Successors.
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126! A Brave New World

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Post card from Lamia showing the acropolis where Antipater was besieged, 1917

History of Persia is back as we enter the Hellenistic Age. From a veterans’ revolt in Bactria to the Lamian War in Greece, Perdiccas became the new regent of Alexander the Great’s Empire in a chaotic time of shifting allegiances.
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12: Americans in the Opium Wars – Part 2

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The American attack on the Pearl River Barrier Forts, lithograph by John Henry Buford

Trevor is joined once again by Roberto Toro – host of many podcasts – to talk about the United States’ participation in The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and early-19th Century China. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power.
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Tsar Power https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/
Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Hanes and Sanello – The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption…
Crean – The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History
Downs – American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840
Grant – Seventh Annual Message
Haythornthwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Mao – The Qing Empire and the Opium War: Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Meyer – The Opium War’s Secret History
Nalty – The Barrier Forts: A Battle, A Monument, and a Mythical Marine
Rait – The Life and Campaigns of Hugh, first Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Wong – Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
World Drug Report 2008 – A Century of International Drug Control

What is Hellenism w/ Derek from The Hellenistic Age Podcast

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A distinctly Greek-style coin of King Diodotos of Bactria, c.245 BCE via Wikimedia Commons

I sat down for a chat with Derek from the Hellenistic Age Podcast (@HellenisticPod) so he could explain the basics of Hellenism and this new era that emerged in the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests.
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11: Americans in the Opium Wars – Part 1

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The granary on Taiwan where the Nerbudda Incident prisoners were held until the execution.

Trevor is joined once again by Roberto Toro – host of many podcasts – to talk about the United States’ participation in The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and early-19th Century China. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power.
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The History of Saqartvelo Georgia https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysaqartvelogeorgia
Tsar Power https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/
Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Hanes and Sanello – The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption…
Crean – The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History
Downs – American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840
Grant – Seventh Annual Message
Haythornthwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Mao – The Qing Empire and the Opium War: Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Meyer – The Opium War’s Secret History
Nalty – The Barrier Forts: A Battle, A Monument, and a Mythical Marine
Rait – The Life and Campaigns of Hugh, first Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Wong – Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
World Drug Report 2008 – A Century of International Drug Control

Must Listen Announcement!!!! (and the History of Gold minisode)

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010: Invading Taiwan – The Formosa Expedition

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Attack of United States Marines and Sailors on the Pirates of the Island of Formosa, East Indies
Sketch of US Marines engaging the Paiwan from Harper’s Weekly, 1867

Trevor sat down with Emma Lehman (https://www.emmalehman.com/) from Los Audio and the podcasts Gooned and Texas Twiggy to discuss the American Formosa Expedition of 1867. In a poorly thought out mission for revenge and imperialism, American sailors and marines got their first taste of East Asian jungle warfare.
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Texas Twiggy – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/texas-twiggy/id1587025076

Gordon – Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers
Le Gendre – Formosa: Reports of Mr. C. W. Le Gendre
Davidson – The Island of Formosa: Historical View from 1430 to 1900
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Meinheit – The Consul’s Maps: Diplomacy, Cartography and Japan’s 1874 Formosa Expedition
NHHC – H-063-4: The Formosa Expedition, 1867
NYT – European Intelligence…
NYT – The American Fleet in Chinese Waters — Avenging National Insults
NYT – THE PIRATES OF FORMOSA.; Official Reports of the Engagement of the United States Naval Forces
NYT – American Officers in the Japanese Formosa Expedition
NYT – China and Japan; Active Preparations for War. The Formosa Expedition Successful…
Wong – Approaching Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands: From the Perspectives of Ryukyu and Okinawa

009: An Invasion of Japan During the Civil War? Part 2

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The USS Wyoming sinking the Choshu’s Lancefield, engraving 1865
Then Captain David MacDougal, c.1864-71

Trevor’s brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.
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Arnold – Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations…
CIRA-Nippon – Bakunin’s Stop-over in Japan
Cullen – A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds
Convention of Kanagawa
Department of the Navy – Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853
Griffis – Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Herbert – Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Horii – The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with “Religion”
Keith – Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition’s Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Perry – Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan…
Satow – A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan…
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China