1995 NIL 1994 Compare the Taiping and Boxer Uprisings with respect to their causes and effects. 1993 NIL 1992 NIL 1991 What signs of dynastic decline can be detected in China in the first half of the 19th century? 1990 Why did the Taiping movement fail to overthrow the Qing government?©...
Taiping Rebellion, political and religious upheaval in China that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted from 1850 to 1864 and took an estimated 20 million lives. Read here to learn more about the Taiping Rebellion.
Yang Xiuqing was an organizer and commander in chief of the Taiping Rebellion, the political-religious uprising that occupied most of South China between 1850 and 1864. A dealer in firewood, Yang joined the Taiping band shortly before the rebellion broke