The An Lushan (An-Shi) Rebellion was one of the most devastating events in history. In this episode, we are going to look at the ethnic dimension behind this event and the gruesome tragedies it caused.

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0:00 Introduction
0:30 Tang Dynasty's Golden Era
1:06 Dissatisfaction
2:33 An Lushan's Origin
3:30 An Lushan's Rise
5:58 An Lushan Rebels
7:13 Infighting & Ineffective Defenders
8:29 Missing People
9:07 Worst Tragedies
10:35 Rebellion's Collapse

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📚SOURCES:
安祿山事跡, An Lushan's Biography
新唐書, New Book of Tang
舊唐書, Old Book of Tang
Mark Edward Lewis, 2009, China's Cosmopolitan Empire
ZHANG Guogang, 2007, The transformations of the Tang military system and social changes in medieval China
Shao-yun Yang, 2019, The Way of the Barbarians
Valerie Hansen, 2015, The Silk Road
Skaff, J. K. (2000). Barbarians at the Gates?
Ablet Kamalov, 2001, Turks and Uighurs During the Rebellion of An Lu-shan
Lee Chamney, 2012, The An Shi Rebellion and Rejection of the Other in Tang China
Edwin Go Pulleyblank, 1951, The Background and Early Life of An-Lushan

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