Radio War Nerd EP83—Uighur History, Part 2: Battle of Talas (Carl Zha)

By popular demand from subscribers, guest Carl Zha (RWN #81) returns to continue the incredible history of the Uighurs in western China . In part 2, we set up the Battle of Talas in 751 AD, where Tang China fought and lost an epic battle against the Arab Abbasid Caliphate . . . But to set up the history of this battle, Carl takes us from wars in the Korean peninsula to eastern Turkic-Mongol tribes pushing south & Tibetans pushing north . . . Some useful links to maps of Battle of Talas: * maps from Carl Zha's Facebook page * map showing modern-day Talas in NW Kyrgyzstan * map gives sense of how far Talas is from China heartland Afterwards, the War Nerd and Ames briefly discuss current war news & Ames talks about his newest blog posts on things-Russia . . .