Red Eyebrows - The Peasant Rebellion That Destroyed an Empire and Built Another

In 11 CE, the Yellow River broke its banks and drowned the farmland of eastern China. By 17 CE, the displaced and desperate had begun to fight back.The Red Eyebrow Rebellion — named for the paint its fighters daubed across their faces to distinguish friend from enemy — was among the most extraordinary popular insurgencies in Chinese imperial history. Born in the flooded lowlands of Shandong, built...