Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.

Who served in the Crimean War (1854 - 56), was responsible for suppressing the Taiping rebellion in China in 1860, was governor of the Sudan 1877 - 79, and died there?
taiping rebellion

The rivers Axe, Brue, Cary, Parrett, eta, are in which English county?
castle cary

Turkish Van, Chartreux, Scottish Fold and Ragdoll are types of?

ragdoll