There’s a period of time where the population of China legitimately moved in a sawtooth pattern, as they had a massive war every few generations and wiped out a chunk of their population.
Anon learns about history
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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
slothrop@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
…some hooligans and gadabouts were gaoled for overturning dustbins on Hampstead Heath…
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 hours ago
The Ancient Chinese were certainly good at recordkeeping, having a unified kingdom and being a lot of people.
sudo@programming.dev 15 hours ago
If you want a sample of how crazy Chinese history can get look at the Tai Ping rebellion:
Godort@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
There was also that time a prison guard lost a prisoner during a transfer, and because the punishment for such a crime was death, he released all his prisoners, became their leader, and overthrew the monarchy.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
There’s a few examples throughout history where having an insane punishment for a crime has caused serious problems.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 14 hours ago
Please tell me there’s a movie about that.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 12 hours ago
You doubt Jesus Hong Christ?
That’s it, Wing King Shi Dakai Lord of Five Thousand Years is going to escort you out of the Heavenly Kingdom.
Now you won’t ever get to eat grass with the Heavenly King.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Pfft, imagine believing Jesus was in Nanjing. He clearly traveled through Siberia to rural Japan where he changed his name to Torai Tora Daitenku, all thanks to his Japanese brother Isukiri who went to Jerusalem to replace Jesus on the cross.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirisuto_no_Haka