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Great Schism (1054)
History; World history

The final breach between the Roman Catholic church and the Greek Orthodox church following the excommunication of the Patriarch of Constantinople for refusing to recognize the ...

Great Plains Indians
History; World history

Bison-hunting (buffalo-hunting) peoples of the Great Plains of North America. This way of life was established as early as 9000 BC. Bison were hunted on foot, a favorite strategy ...

Great Plague of London
History; World history

An epidemic of bubonic plague between late 1664 and early 1666. It killed possibly more than 75,000 out of 460,000 inhabitants, mostly among the poor.

Great Northern War
History; World history

The second Northern War, fought 1700-21, in which Sweden fought Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (and later Hanover and Prussia) for domination of the Baltic. Despite the ...

Great Leap Forward
History; World history

(1958-60) Mao Zedong's attempt to transform China's economy by creating large communes combining agricultural and industrial production, merging the existing cooperatives with ...

Great Khanate
History; World history

The overlordship over all Mongol tribes accomplished by Chingis Khan in 1206, based in Karakorum. During the 13th century subordinate khanates were established to rule the western ...

Great Depression
History; World history

(1929-34) World economic slump precipitated by the collapse of the American stock market (the Wall Street Crash). Inflation and mass unemployment resulted from the breakdown of ...

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