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Between 1850 and 1864 a failed examination candidate who believed he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ raised an army, took Nanjing, and fought a civil war that killed somewhere between twenty and seventy million people — more than the First World War, and almost unknown outside China.
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- How should I approach learning the taiping rebellion?
- Between 1850 and 1864 a failed examination candidate who believed he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ raised an army, took Nanjing, and fought a civil war that killed somewhere between twenty and seventy million people — more than the First World War, and almost unknown outside China.
- What's a good book to start the taiping rebellion with?
- A strong starting point is The fall of imperial China by Frederic E. Wakeman. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.