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1945 BCE
World War 2 End:Death Toll Estimate: 72 Million
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1939 BCE
WORLD WAR 2
Having taken a break from fighting for a few years, ‘total war’ broke out again in 1939. The two teams divided again into vast forces, and called themselves the Allies and the Axis. During the short break before the war, each country had decided to build some new killing machines – taking to the skies and to the sea, and developing more efficient land-based vehicles as well as automatic weapons their soldiers could now carry. -
1864 BCE
Taiping Rebellion End= Death Toll Estimate: 40 Million
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1260 BCE
Late Yuan Warfare & Transition to Ming Dynasty
The Yuan dynasty was founded by Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, around 1260. Yuan literally translates as ‘Great is the Heavenly and Primal’, though there proved to be nothing either great or heavenly about it.The dynasty turned out to be one of the shortest-lived in the history of China Chaos reigned during the twilight years of the Yuan Dynasty. After all this carnage, the Ming Dynasty took control. -
Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic slave trade began roughly in the 16th century, reaching its peak in the 17th century until finally being all but abolished in the 18th Century. The main driving force behind this trade was the need for European empires to establish themselves in the New World. -
Atlantic Slave Trade End: Death Toll Estimate: 15 Million
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Taiping Rebellion= Start
Jump forward a thousand years and the Chinese are at it again, this time with some help from the French, the British, and some American mercenaries. In 1850, the Qing Dynasty is now in charge of China. So up stepped Hong Xiuquan, who amongst other things claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ. Hong established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom – and the carnage began. The Taiping Rebellion happened at roughly the same time as the American civil war. -
Late Yuan Warfare & Transition to Ming Dynasty End: Death Toll Estimate: 30 Million
