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HIGHLY PRICED WARS IN HISTORY

Added on: 13th Mar 2016

 

MING–QING TRANSITION

Ming–Qing transition

When the Qing dynasty moved to overtake the Ming dynasty,

the price was catastrophically high.

 

 

AN LUSHAN REBELLION

An Lushan Rebellion

Lasting for the course of nearly three generations in the 700s AD,

this rebellion had far reaching consequences for the nation of China.

 

 

CONQUESTS OF TAMERLANE

Conquests of Tamerlane

It was not mere coincidence that Tamerlane, the Turko-Mongol

conqueror, basically re-enacted what Genghis Khan did

several centuries earlier. Genghis Khan was his hero and

although it is hard to say whether Tamerlane’s conquests

were more or less destructive, it’s really just splitting hairs.

 

 

THREE KINGDOMS

Three Kingdoms

In pure terms of human life, the only conflict more costly than the

Three Kingdom period of China was World War II.

 

 

TAIPING REBELLION

Taiping Rebellion

This Chinese civil war was one of Asia’s most extensive

conflicts and also one of the first instances of total war

in modern times (every single man, woman, and child was

conscripted to fight) which technically means there was

no such things as “civilians”. Not surprisingly the

level of destruction was horrifying.

 

 

MONGOL CONQUESTS

Mongol Conquests

Although the Mongol conquests are extremely hard to label

with a price tag, two things are for sure, the death toll was

very high and the damage to land and property was extensive.

 

 

WORLD WAR I

World War I

There was only one war more costly than World War I and that

was World War II. To give you some insight, America spent the

modern equivalent of $334 billion during World War I.

 

 

WORLD WAR II

World War II

Considering the fact that much of Europe was completely

decimated, it’s hard to estimate the total cost of the war. 

Without a doubt it was the most costly conflict in world

history Once again, to give you some hard numbers,

America spent the modern equivalent of $4.104 trillion during

World War II. That’s over 12 times as much as during World War I.

 


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