Many factors and events led to the American Revolution over the years. But the first ones came from the British administration neglecting the colonies and how people viewed religion. These two may seem too far apart to combine, but they did, and the result was even further apart from what they expected. […]
The failure to establish a red bridge meant that the Communists in Moscow needed to organize for the long haul. Instead of presiding over the withering away of the state, they created a new one. […]
After Russia, Hungary and Bavaria became Soviet Republics but they did not last long due to various factors. […]
The Comintern was an organization to export revolution. The Comintern helped by spreading propaganda and offering help to other communist parties springing up around the world. […]
Some researchers believe that the Cathars coordinated with the followers of other religious sects to overthrow the Catholic Church. It also seems that the Cathars were influenced by the mystical secret society that appeared in Greece and Italy around 500 B.C. […]
Cathars regarded the cross as a hateful symbol because they believed that Jesus was not a physical being. They gave women social and sexual equality, but ignored Virgin Mary. Labelled as heretics by the Catholic church, the Cathars followed their own system of beliefs and rituals. […]
Cathars were labelled as heretics by the Roman church. The Cathars believed that the Catholic Church did nothing but mislead the people. This tussle led to many violent events like the sack of Béziers and the siege of Montségur Castle. […]
The Opium War was a turning point in the history of not only China but also the whole world. It was a backfire of imperialism that started from tea, led to opium, and ended in a new worldview. […]
China was a favorable trade destination for big powers in the 1800’s – from fancy goods to tea, to drugs. China, however, had a red line that Britain insisted on passing: drugs. This unfavorable insist led to a war, but was opium itself the only disagreement before the Opium War? […]
In ancient Greece, people were enslaved to do various tasks. Slavery was widely practiced in different regions of the country. However, slavery in Sparta was different from the rest of Greece, so much so that the Spartans had to face a major slave rebellion in their territory for five years. […]
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