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Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in China between 1850 and 1864, led by Hong Xiuquan, who proclaimed a Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace inspired by his own version of Christianity. One of the deadliest conflicts in history, it caused tens of millions of deaths and devastated central and southern China. Accounts of the Qing Empire treat it as a turning point that weakened dynastic authority and shifted military power to regional armies.
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