The An Lushan Rebellion (In Our Time)
755 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion, a major uprising against the imperial rule of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. In 755 AD a senior general, An Lushan, orchestrated a plot against Emperor Xuanzong, taking the regime's capital city before declaring a rival dynasty in northern China. The rebellion lasted eight years but was eventually put d
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Around 755
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- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Sunni-Shia split (656)
- Reconquista (722)
- Umayyad Caliphate begins (661)
- Viking Age (793)