The Heavenly Capital Falls
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75 min 45s • 16:9 LandscapeThey Count the Dead
1:5270 million dead. They thought it was a typo. When the Qing dynasty did their post-war census, the numbers were too catastrophic to believe. "People ate weeds, then clay, then each other." 📜 The Taiping Rebellion 🤖 Created with AI #taipingrebellion #chinesehistory #historypodcast #militaryhistory
They Choose a Death by Stone
1:31Nothing left to eat. No dogs, no cats, no bark on trees. So they ate clay that turned to stone inside them. "Mothers fed this white dust to their children just to stop them crying." 📜 The Taiping Rebellion 🤖 Created with AI #taipingrebellion #chinesehistory #darkhistory #historicalfacts
He Edits God's Grammar
1:25Imagine being locked in a wardrobe-sized cell for 3 days. Hong Xiuquan failed this exam 4 times, had a fever dream, and decided he was Jesus's brother. He took a red pen to the Bible and literally edited himself into the Holy Trinity. 📜 The Taiping Rebellion 🤖 Created with AI #taipingrebellion #chinesehistory #hongxiuquan #historypodcast
Your Afternoon Tea Funds a Slaughter
1:02Your afternoon tea funded a massive slaughter. 'Every time a family in London sat down for tea, they financed the gunpowder turning Nanjing into a graveyard.' The dark global loop of Victorian tea. 📜 The Taiping Rebellion 🤖 Created with AI #taipingrebellion #chinesehistory #historypodcast #victorianera
They Turned the Messiah Into Fireworks
0:55They mixed his ashes with gunpowder and shot him out of a cannon. 'They wanted to turn the Messiah's younger brother into high-velocity artillery smoke.' The brutal end of the Taiping Rebellion. 📜 The Taiping Rebellion. 🤖 Created with AI #taipingrebellion #chinesehistory #historypodcast #pasttense