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    The An Lushan rebellion was a civil war in China that lasted from 755 to 763, at the approximate midpoint of the Tang dynasty (618–907). It began as a...
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    An Lushan (Chinese: 安祿山; pinyin: Ān Lùshān; 20th day of the 1st month (19 February) 703 – 29 January 757) was a Chinese military general and rebel leader...
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    dynasty and becoming the only legitimate Chinese empress regnant. The An Lushan rebellion (755–763) led to devastation and the decline of central authority...
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    the wake of the An Lushan rebellion, a further wave of Han migrants from northern China headed the south. At the start of the rebellion in 755 there were...
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    the Abbasids, but continued to expand into Central Asia. With the An Lushan rebellion in 755, Abbasid influence and control west of the Pamir Mountains...
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    is known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. During the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were fleeing from the capital...
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    July 756. An Lushan was likely of Sodgian origins. His rebellion led to one of the bloodiest wars in human history. He was murdered by his son. An Qingxu...
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    in 755, causing the An Lushan Rebellion. Despite its defeat in 763, the number of jiedushi proliferated in response to the rebellion and had increased to...
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  • Southern Yan (398–410) Northern Yan (407–436) Yan (An–Shi) (756–763), established in the An Lushan Rebellion Yan (Five Dynasties period) (911–913) This disambiguation...
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  • western part of the empire, who was commanding officer of Uyghurs in An Lushan rebellion, thought to be executed by his father in 759. Bögü Qaghan - commander...
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    Guo Ziyi (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    (汾陽忠武王), was a Chinese military general and politician who ended the An Lushan rebellion and participated in expeditions against the Uyghur Khaganate and...
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    Siege of Suiyang (category An Lushan Rebellion)
    The siege of Suiyang was a military campaign during the An Lushan rebellion, launched by the rebel Yan army to capture the city of Suiyang from forces...
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    of Tang. An early example of this was An Lushan, who was appointed jiedushi of three regions, which he used to start the An Lushan Rebellion that abruptly...
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    Yan Zhenqing (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    recognition of his firm loyalty to the government and bravery during the An Lushan Rebellion. However, his unbending character was resented by the incumbent Grand...
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    period of rebuilding and recovery for the Tang Empire, following the An Lushan Rebellion, and following the poetically flourishing era famous for Li Bai (701-762)...
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    Emperor Suzong of Tang (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    ascended the throne after his father fled to Sichuan during the An Lushan Rebellion in 756; Li Heng himself had fled in the opposite direction, to Lingwu...
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    before leading the An Lushan Rebellion (755 – 763 AD), which split the loyalties of the Sogdians in China. The An Lushan rebellion was supported by many...
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    the An Lushan rebellion. He carried out Vajrayana rituals which were ostensibly effective in supernaturally attacking and destroying An Lushan's army...
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  • Li Siye (category People of An Lushan Rebellion)
    battle injuries whilst fighting against rebel forces during the An Lushan Rebellion. It is not known when Li Siye was born. His family was from Jingzhao...
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    accommodations. His life, like all of China, was devastated by the An Lushan rebellion of 755, and his last 15 years were a time of almost constant unrest...
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    Legendary period, from Bodhidharma in the late 5th century to the An Lushan Rebellion around 765 CE, in the middle of the Tang dynasty. Little written...
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    to make her cousin, Yang Guozhong, leading chancellor. During the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were fleeing from the capital...
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  • submitted to the protectorate under Emperor Gaozong of Tang. After the An Lushan Rebellion (755–763) was suppressed, the office of Protector General was given...
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    his future rebellion of 755–763. The rebel An Lushan had a Khitan eunuch named Li Zhu'er (李豬兒) (Li Chu-erh) who was working for An Lushan when he was...
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    Battle of Talas (751) and the subsequent civil war known as the An Lushan Rebellion (755), Chinese influence decreased rapidly and Tibetan influence...
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    of the region until the An Lushan Rebellion broke out. In the early Islamic period, the people of Transoxania spoke Sogdian (an Iranian language) and were...
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  • date). January 18 – An Lushan Rebellion: The eastern capital of Luoyang falls to the 200,000-strong army of the rebel general An Lushan, who defeats loyalist...
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  • needed] The system eventually began falling out of use after the An Lushan rebellion as the central government began to lose centralized control over...
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    sumptuous tombs. Due to the decline of Tang central authority after the An Lushan Rebellion, there was a growing tendency to superimpose large regional administrations...
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    city of Kairouan (modern Tunisia), and massacre the Kharijites. An Lushan Rebellion: The Chinese seaport of Guangzhou is sacked by Muslim and Persian...
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