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Also known as: Taiping Tianguo
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Category: History & Society
Date:
1850 - 1864
Location:
China
Participants:
Qing dynasty
BaiShangdi Hui
Major Events:
Third Battle of Nanjing
Key People:
Xianfeng
Hong Xiuquan
Hong Rengan
Liu Kunyi
Shi Dakai
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Taiping Rebellion, radical political and religious upheaval that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted for some 14 years (1850–64), ravaged 17 provinces, took an estimated 20 million lives, and irrevocably altered the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). The rebellion began under the leadership of Hong Xiuquan (1814–64), a disappointed civil service examination candidate who, influenced by Christian teachings, had a series of visions and believed himself to be the son of God, the younger brother of Jesus Christ, sent to reform China. A friend of Hong’s, Feng Yunshan, utilized Hong’s ideas to organize a ...(100 of 678 words)

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