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On 12 April 1927, Chiang carried out a purge of thousands of suspected Communists and dissidents in Shanghai, and began large-scale massacres across the country collectively known as the "White Terror". During April, more than 12,000 people were killed in Shanghai.
C) god-kings called pharaohs
because the people worshiped their leader and called them pharaohs
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