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title: "The Taiping Rebellion: When a Weird Christian Cult Tried to Conquer China"
description: "Millions upon millions of deaths, widespread famine, and cities turned to ashes - all because of, believe it or not, a cult started by the self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus Christ. Today on Warographics we’re going to explore the origins of the Taiping Rebellion, and the absolute chaos that it brought to China for 14 years. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?subconfirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zmLmUHsjQ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUed9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/"
url: https://fronts.co/videos/warfronts-yq-hr3xjmiq.md
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datePublished: 2022-12-06T17:00:28.000Z
dateModified: 2022-12-06T17:00:28.000Z
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Millions upon millions of deaths, widespread famine, and cities turned to ashes - all because of, believe it or not, a cult started by the self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus Christ. Today on Warographics we’re going to explore the origins of the Taiping Rebellion, and the absolute chaos that it brought to China for 14 years. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?subconfirmation=1 Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zmLmUHsjQ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw MegaProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Wn3dABlgESm8Bzn8Vamgg Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1tsmksyf6TgKFMdt8-05Q TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9DZQ XPLRD: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVH8lH7ZLDUed9mZ3dlyYQ Business Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYY5GWf7MHFJ6DZeHreoXgw Simon's Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/

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