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383174094Agricultural Revolutionthe transition from foraging to the cultivation of food occurring about 8000-2000 BCE; also known as the Neolithic Revolution
383174095Boxer Rebellionrevolt against foreign residents of China
383174096commercial revolutionthe expansion of trade and commerce in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries
383174097Cultural Revolutiona chinese movement from 1966 to 1976 intended to establish an egalitarian society of peasants and workers
383174098Glorious Revolutionthe bloodless overthrow of English King James 1 and the placement of William and Mary on the English throne
383174099Green Revolutiona program of improved irrigation methods and the introduction of high-yield seeds and fertilizers and pesticides to improve agricultural production; the green revolutionwas especially successful in Asia but also was used in Latin America
383174100Industrial Revolutionthe transition between the domestic system of manufacturing and the mechanization of production in a factory setting
383174101Revolution of 1905strikes by urban workers and peasants in Russia; prompted by shortages of food and by Russia's loss to Japan in 1905
383174102Revolutions of 1848democratic and nationalist revolutions, most of them unsuccessful, that swept through Europe
383174103Scientific Revolutiona european intellectual movement in the 17th century that established the basis for modern science
383174104Second Industrial Revolutionthe phase of the industrial revolution beginning about 1805 that applied the use of electricity and steel to the manufacturing process
383174105Taiping Rebellionrevolt in southern China against the Qing Empire
383174106Wahhabi rebellionan early 19th century attempt to restore Ottoman power through a return to traditional Islam and strict shariah law

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