Articles related to "Revolt"

A rebellion of working class people following social changes brought about by the Black Death.

In a serious conflict labeled Red versus Red, sailors of the Kronstadt naval base staged a revolt caused by Lenin's policy of War Communism.

Slave revolts through four centuries include Prosser, Turner and Vesey. Captured Blacks mutiny aboard the slave ship Amistad. Some 500 slaves revolt in Louisiana.

In Key West, German tourists routinely order a glass of Cynar after too much shrimp cocktail, fried grouper and hush puppies.Wikipedia says it's an aperitif.

The Battle of Marathon highlighted the superiority of the phalanx that had evolved out of geographical considerations as well as a smaller population base.

Lacking definite goals, the Spartacus slave uprising ravaged the Italian county-side, defeating several consular armies until Marcus Crassus ended the revolt.

Rebellion against a whiskey tax tested the new U.S. Constitution and set the precedent for future conflicts between Americans and their government.

A review of Dylan Kight's "The Nightbird's Revolt", released by Against the Wind Hymns, The Nightbird's Revolt

The terrible final events of the first Jewish Revolt against the Romans in 70 C.E. remain a defining moment in Jewish history.

Colors of Revolt worn by youth gang members are not a new idea. Since ancient Rome to the ranks of Mussolini the color of a man's shirt often made political statements.

The Ottoman Turks failed to see the influence their secular brand of imperialism had on their Arab subjects, until it was too late.

Patrick Pearse felt an intense need to do something great with his life, and martyrdom for Irish nationalism allowed him the opportunity.

As he sought to strengthen his alliance, Pope' lost the support of his people.

In Revolt in 2100 Robert Heinlein uses his story about a rebellion against a theocratic regime to examine the effective use of (PSYOP) as a force multiplier.

Citizen journalism and social networking site Twitter shows historic significance in delivering news, photographs, and video of developing revolt against Islamic regime.

Gabriel's Plot to free slaves is halted by bad weather. Someone informs on them, causing leaders to be hung or sold.

The Dutch Revolt, begun in 1568, was a Protestant Dutch uprising to throw off the rule of the Kingdom of Spain and its Catholic Inquisition.

Claiming to be Peter III, the former Tsar, Emelian Pugachev gathered an army and successfully attacked frontier garrisons, eventually bringing havoc to the Volga region.

History sometimes seems to be an inevitable process - but it was not. There were many occasions when a major change could have happened but was diverted by chance.

Religious uprisings by Dutch Calvinists helped establish Dutch Independence from Spain. The Dutch Revolt was led by Protestant leader, William the Silent.

Following emancipation, a new tiered system of economic exploitation replaced an almost equal system of slavery, setting off a celebrated labor revolt on St. Croix.

The St. John slave uprising in 1733 lasted more than nine months and began, like the sparks of many violent uprisings, out of a pretense of hopelessness and redemption.

Heartbreak House is a pessimistic symbolic depiction of a larger society called England at the outset of the First World War.

What was the Black Death and how did it kill so many? This article provides an overview of the devastating disease that affected life during the Middle Ages.

The story of Judah Maccabee is one that begins with the Judean revolt. Hanukkah is but a minor Jewish holiday, but its origins are still inspiring today.

There comes a time in some people's lives when they feel they must do something that has to be done no matter what the cost. Nat Turner had one of those times.

Why did firearms, starting out as they did, ever become commonplace in warfare?

This battle marked the end of a successful rebellion of the Celtic tribes in Southern Britain. It was a victory of superior tactics versus overwhelming numbers.

Diocletian stabilized the Roman Empire, introducing economic, administrative and social reforms. His actions laid the foundations for the division of the empire.

The unforeseen consequences in membership to the Delian League and how Athens established imperialistic control over her allies.

The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 ended with the Greeks suffering a humiliating defeat in the hands of a better equipped and organised Turkish army.

In The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Heinlein shows a positive anarchist society in conflict with an authoritarian regime, allowing him to criticize 20th century society.

Following the posting of Martin Luther's 95 Thesis, a Protestant Reformer named Thomas Münzer, rallied peasants to revolt against local government.

A long time in the making, the Decembrist conspirators finally got their opportunity when Tsar Alexander I died and confusion reigned over who would be the next autocrat.

In June 1381 a hated poll tax became the catalyst in a conflict in which the Tower of London was breached for the first and last time during the Peasants' Revolt.

Gabriel, a Virginia slave, begins to recruit other slaves for a revolt.

T E Lawrence's role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918 was immortalised in the 1962 film, "Lawrence of Arabia", starring Peter O'Toole.

The 1791 Slave Revolt of the French colony of Haiti is regarded as the first successful rebellion of the Latin American colonies against European rule.

A resume of debates on the Sepoy Mutiny in India of 1857 discussing whether it was a spontaneous uprising of disaffected groups or the first Indian War of Independence.

Queen Boudicca led the Iceni tribe in a revolt that nearly ended Roman rule in Britain. Why did this woman take up arms against the might of the Roman empire

The Persian Wars are often looked at from the viewpoint of the Greeks, mainly the Athenians and Spartans. This article will look at the events from a Persian perspective.

Dhofar is a lush tropical region in the Arabian kingdom of Oman but it was not always a part of Oman and in the 1960s tried to assert its independence in civil war.

Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro comes into power. The United States fears that he will establish a Communist government in Cuba.

Love and hope is challenged by social division and turmoil as the Industrial Revolution causes poverty and revolt amongst Nottingham's working classes.

The series of events in the 1790s, which pitted federalists against anti-federalists, sometimes called the Whiskey Rebellion, was the epilogue to the Revolution.

The fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 70 C.E. marked the formal end of the five-year war between the Jews and Romans.

For serious researchers of Biblical history, early Jewish history and life in Roman Judea, between 200 BCE and 75 CE, the works of Flavius Josephus are an essential tool.

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In the first year of the 20th century the Ottoman sultan ordered the start of building work on the Hejaz railway to allow easier access for pilgrims to the holy places.

The Hui are one of the most important and peculiar of China's minorities because of their unique place inside China's socio-historical space.