An Lushan Rebellion
755 CE – 763 CE · 8 years
A devastating civil war within the Tang Dynasty that killed an estimated 13–36 million people — possibly one-sixth of the world's population — permanently weakening China's greatest medieval dynasty.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Tang Dynasty
- Yan Rebels (An Lushan & Shi Siming)
Key moments
Defining events in the An Lushan Rebellion.
- 755 Fall of Luoyang
- 756 Fall of Chang'an
- 757 Battle of Suiyang
- 757 Recapture of Chang'an
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
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3000 BCE – still standing
Trade route · East Asia
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Malays
Attested 200 BCE – 1200 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Great Wall of China
700 BCE – still standing
Trade route · East Asia
Maritime Silk Road
200 BCE – 1500 CE
Polity · East Asia
Tang Empire
618 CE – 907 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 755 CE and 763 CE.
And in the rest of the world
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Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- An Lushan rebellionSY · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ainu peopleTorbenbrinker · CC BY-SA 3.0
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Silk road KazakhstanUser:Kelvin Case User:Turkish Flame User:SmallJarsWithGreenLabels · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maritime Silk RoadObsidian Soul · CC0
- Tang outline map, 661Kanguole · CC BY-SA 4.0
