Sun yat-sen was imprisoned for robbery in burma when the 1911 revolution broke out. had been the secret leader of the boxer rebellion. supported the qing but demanded more representative government for china. created the tongmenghui/revolutionary alliance. became the first president of the chinese republic after the 1911 rebellion.

The ancient greek city-state of sparta was run as an oligarchy , meaning

One argument of those who supported the gold standard system in the united states was that the gold standard

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.