Complex sentence: As the Cultural Revolution erupted in 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong called for the destruction of the Four Olds, and teenage Red Guards rampaged through people's homes to destroy relics of pre-Communist China.
Split into simpler sentences: As the Cultural Revolution erupted in 1966, Chairman Mao Zedong called for the destruction of the Four Olds. Inspired by Mao, teenage Red Guards rampaged through people's homes to destroy relics of pre-Communist China.