MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: An Lushan Rebellion, Huang Chao, Nanzhao
9 Mar 2018
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The quest to make tang china great again: Tang dynasty: from cosmopolitanism to xenophobia c. 620 legendarily, muhammad"s uncle visits quanzhou and is buried there. 638 taizong issues an edict in support of nestorian christians. 651 tang documents record the first embassy from the caliphate arriving in chang"an. 690-705 wu zetian reigns as empress of the zhou dynasty. 751 abassid and qarluq turk armies defeat tang army at talas, present-day kyrgyzstan. 755-763 an lushan leads a rebellion that is ultimately suppressed with the help of. 760 persians and arabs in yangzhou slaughtered during an lushan rebellion. 801 tang and nanzhao forces defeat tibetans and muslim mercenaries, but allow the latter to settle in the area. 836 wenzong restricts social contact between chinese and foreigners. 845 wuzong bans foreign religions 848 muslim scholar li yansheng passes the imperial exam. 878 huang chao massacres 120,000 foreign merchants in guangzhou.
