An Lushan Rebellion - One of the Bloodiest Conflicts in History

Download World of Warships Blitz now http://bit.ly/2D8nyNP - Reach LEVEL 3, and get a free ship - Tier 3 Battleship: USS South Carolina plus some nice items to get started. Clickbait title: Rebellion that killed 40 million Chinese - An Lushan - The Bloody End to a Golden Age After usurping the Imperial Throne from the Sui Emperors, the Tang Dynasty began the golden age of Chinese political and military power, as well as its most creative period of art and culture. But golden ages cannot last forever, and this documentary will show how the An Lushan rebellion shook the Tang to their core. More videos on Chinese history: Battle of Mobei - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ7jDwF2Z2w War of the Heavenly Horses - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Rphg_lwwM Battle of Talas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH9UhfRKAOc Chinese-Sassanid alliance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTuzU5M5Dh0 Mongol Invasions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzatw32j-i4 Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals or Paypal: http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals We are grateful to our patrons and sponsors, who made this video possible: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dJXQgil9e90nq81CKLzhdYDG1Qvq5Fk5pV9VvtsmHco The video was made by our friend Cogito, while the script was researched and written by Matt Hollis This video was narrated by Officially Devin (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0-VII-V376zFxiRGMeZGg & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ) Machinimas were made on Total War: Rome 2 engine by Malay Archer (https://www.youtube.com/user/MathemedicUpdates) ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsandgenerals ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals ✔ Podcast ► https://kingsandgenerals.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/2QTuMNG ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/Kings_Generals Sources: Denis C. Twitchett - The Cambridge History of China - Sui & Tang Mark Edward Lewis - China’s Cosmopolitan Empire Jonathan Karam Skaff - The Tang Frontier Military & An Lushan Rebellion Charles D. Benn - Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty Christopher I. Beckwith - Empires of the Silk Road Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com #Documentary #Tang #AnLushan