Bloody Turban Rebellions

The Bloody Turban Rebellions (Phoenician: 血巾起義, : Xuèjīn Qǐyì) were a series of in Phoenicia against the Empire of Phoenicia and the various warlord states which emerged after its resultant collapse and the start of the Great Fragmentation. Beginning in January 1303 as riots against rice prices in the city of Guiping after massive caused by the 1302 eruption of Mount Remu, the rebellion quickly escalated and spread across much of Central Phoenicia as a general revolution against the ineffective and corrupt rule of the ruling Yi dynasty and its various vassal clans. The rebellions earned their name from the common headwear of the rebels, which would become a symbol of Phoenician rebellion and counterculture for centuries to come.

The rebellions were largely decentralized, with leadership split between various rebel armies of regional affiliation, united under a common desire to overthrow the imperial order and establish a form of government which has been described as proto-. Promoting a distinctly and  message, the initial rebellions would inspire numerous imitators throughout the course of the Great Fragmentation, though it saw the most success during the early centuries from the 1300s to 1500s. The largest rebel armies would eventually settle down after considerable military successes in the mid-1300s, forming various unified under the collective banner of what is now known as the Tong (彤, "red"). The Tong would exist as major powers in the regional conflicts of the Great Fragmentation, sponsoring numerous further popular uprisings and mobilizing in force to promote their mission of overturning the traditional order of Phoenicia. After they faced unified opposition from other contending powers in the conflict, culminating in the Anti-Tong wars of the late 1400s, the Tong would see rapid decline as they were pushed in from all sides, with many sympathizers fleeing into the mountains and fortifying themselves in last-ditch attempts of resistance. The last Tong state would be crushed in 1537 by the emergent Daichu Commonwealth, the various Tong communities isolated in the Phoenician interior gradually wiped out in the following decades.