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The October Revolution | HISTORY OF COMMUNISM

The October Revolution

The Bolshevik leader most wanted by the police has been Lenin. He has escaped arrest in July by fleeing to Finland. But with the upturn of the fortunes of the Bolsheviks he decides that he must return to Petrograd. In ea...

The October Revolution | HISTORY OF RUSSIA

The October Revolution

The Bolshevik leader most wanted by the police has been Lenin. He has escaped arrest in July by fleeing to Finland. But with the upturn of the fortunes of the Bolsheviks he decides that he must return to Petrograd. In ea...

The February revolution | HISTORY OF RUSSIA

The February revolution

The winter of 1915-16 is exceptionally cold, even by Russian standards. The railway network almost ceases to function. Factories close down. And there is a severe shortage of bread, although the shops in the richer parts...

Wars and revolution | HISTORY OF EGYPT

Wars and revolution

In the run-up to World War II the Italian aggression on either side of Egypt and the Sudan, in Libya and Ethiopia, gives a new sense of unity to British and Egyptian interests. Egypt remains neutral throughout the war,...

The Neolithic Revolution | HUNTER-GATHERERS TO FARMERS

The Neolithic Revolution

The change comes a mere 10,000 years ago, when people first discover how to cultivate crops and to domesticate animals. This is the most significant single development in human history. It happens within the Stone Age, f...

Year of revolutions | HISTORY OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE

Year of revolutions

The example of the February revolution in Paris prompts a ripple effect in the discontented cities of the Habsburg empire. Vienna is the first to rise, on March 12, and the long-serving chancellor Metternich is the first...

Year of revolutions | HISTORY OF HUNGARY

Year of revolutions

The example of the February revolution in Paris prompts a ripple effect in the discontented cities of the Habsburg empire. Vienna is the first to rise, on March 12, and the long-serving chancellor Metternich is the first...

Year of revolutions | HISTORY OF BOHEMIA

Year of revolutions

The example of the February revolution in Paris prompts a ripple effect in the discontented cities of the Habsburg empire. Vienna is the first to rise, on March 12, and the long-serving chancellor Metternich is the first...

The crucial step in the evolution | HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY

Parliament

The crucial step in the evolution of the curia regis into parliament is the inclusion of citizens representing the wealthy towns of the period. They are the third estate, added to the two already familiar in royal...

The crucial step in the evolution | HISTORY OF ENGLAND

Parliament

The crucial step in the evolution of the curia regis into parliament is the inclusion of citizens representing the wealthy towns of the period. They are the third estate, added to the two already familiar in royal...

This progression is not, as liberals | HISTORY OF HISTORIANS

Historical materialism

This progression is not, as liberals would wish, a gradual evolution. It is a series of violent upheavals in the struggle between the classes. One such occasion has been seen in France, where the bourgeoisie has overthro...

Communication begins with language, the distinctive | HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION

Better than shouting

Communication begins with language, the distinctive ability which has made possible the evolution of human society. With language any message, no matter how complex, can be conveyed between people over a limited distance...

The discoveries revealed in this pioneering | HISTORY OF BIOLOGY

Cuvier and paleontology

The discoveries revealed in this pioneering work provide the basis for subsequent theories of evolution, though they do not suggest that explanation to Cuvier himself. Confronted by the remains of extinct species, he con...

When and how the special talent | STONE AGE MAN

Words on the brain

When and how the special talent of language developed is impossible to say. But it is generally assumed that its evolution must have been a long process.

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When and how the special talent | HOMO SAPIENS

Words on the brain

When and how the special talent of language developed is impossible to say. But it is generally assumed that its evolution must have been a long process.

O...

When and how the special talent | HISTORY OF LANGUAGE

Words on the brain

When and how the special talent of language developed is impossible to say. But it is generally assumed that its evolution must have been a long process.

O...

Although Australia is close to a | HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA

A place apart

Although Australia is close to a chain of southeast Asian islands, it is believed to have been a separate land mass since about 50 million years ago. In that time much can happen in evolution, and the many species unique...

The first leader of the Central | THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Independence and Bokassa

The first leader of the Central African Republic is a former Roman Catholic priest, Barthélemy Boganda, who is elected to the French national assembly in 1946. He forms a political party, MESAN or Mouvement pour l...