War Wednesday: The Taiping Rebellion

     Hello everybody and welcome back to another edition of Nations Made Fun! I'll be your host, Mr. Nations, your tour guide to the world! Today we'll be discussing the Taiping Rebellion, so let's dive straight into it!

     The Taiping Rebellion was a revolt against the Qing dynasty in China fought from 1850 to 1864. The Taiping forces were run as a cult-like group called the God Worshipping Society led by self-proclaimed prophet Hong Xiuquan. This eventually led to the city of Nanjing being seized and ruled by Xiuquan for a decade. The Taiping Rebellions eventually failed, but not before causing the death of 20 million people.

     There is a lot of babble from my sources about lots of boring things that wouldn't be worthy for this post. So I'm just going to call it quits here. Sorry for the short entry, but it's the best I can do. Until Saturday, Mr. Nations, out!

     Fun Facts: 

• The Taiping Rebellion was led by a peasant.
• The last fatal battle was in Nanjing, where various reports from different people say that Xiuquan died of either disease or suicide.
• The Qing used foreign powers to crush the rebels.

     Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/china/taiping-rebellion

     https://www.history.com/topics/china/taiping-rebellion