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Guomindang (Kuomintang, KMT)
History; World history

The Chinese Nationalist Party (founded 1919), which evolved under the leadership of Sun Yixian from the Chinese Revolutionary Party. It was remodeled in 1923-24 along Soviet lines ...

Gunpowder Plot
History; World history

Plot in 1605 by English Catholics to blow up Parliament and James I. The conspirators - Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright and Guy Fawkes - were betrayed by ...

Gulf wars
History; World history

Two wars in the Persian Gulf region. The first (1980- 88) began when Iraq invaded Iran to settle a frontier dispute. Heavy fighting on land, numerous battles by air and the ...

Gulf Coast civilizations
History; World history

The Mesoamerican cultural traditions that flourished in eastern Mexico in the first seven centuries AD (Classic period). Based on the styles found in urban centers, three such ...

Gulags
History; World history

Penal system for political prisoners, made up of concentration camps in remote parts of the Soviet Union in which 20 million inmates are estimated to have died. They were commonly ...

Gujarat
History; World history

Northwest coastal area of India. Under Muslim rule from 1299, it was conquered by the Mughals in 1572, and by the Marathas in 1757. From 1818 it came increasingly under British ...

Guizhou
History; World history

Southern Chinese province, where the Manchu practice of replacing tribal chiefs with officials led to frequent rebellions, especially among ‚the Miao people. In 1726 one Miao ...

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