10 Deadliest Wars In History

10. Yellow Turban Rebellion (China, 184 AD-205 AD): 4.6 Million - 7 Million Deaths

The Yellow Turban Rebellion - or Yellow Scarves Rebellion - saw a huge peasant revolt during the Han dynasty's rule of China, between 184 AD and 205 AD. As will be seen, China features prominently on this list of deadliest wars - partly due to its huge physical size, and partly due to its generally violent past - and during this rebellion it is estimated that anywhere between 4.6million and 7million natives were killed. A long but ultimately unsuccessful 21-year rebellion that was not suppressed until 205 AD, it started under the rule of Emperor Ling in 184 AD, largely as a result of a famine in the north of China that forced thousands of farmers and military settles to migrate to the south of the nation. High taxes and a weak central Han government also strengthened the rebels' belief that they could overthrow the ruling classes. Losses on both sides were significant - with the rebels stopping at nothing to try and overthrow the government - but it was the Han ruling class that were the more brutal, massacring more than 4million of the revolters. Interestingly, it is called the "Yellow Turban Rebellion" due to the distinctive cloths that the rebels - led by brothers Zhang Jue, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang - wore on their heads to differentiate themselves from their "oppressors" and to highlight their commitment to the cause of revolution.