From the 6th century bce the city suffered from dictators, wars with Athens, Persian conquest, and civil revolts.
The Swedes did encounter civil revolts in many areas, perhaps most notably in the Göinge district, in dense forest regions of northern Scania.
Across the channel, in one of the most remarkable civil-society revolts of modern times, close to a million people took to the Paris streets last month to protest against same-sex marriage.
Here it is explained: "From the mid-19th century Australia's military concerns turned noticeably from internal threats – of convict revolt, civil disorder and Aboriginal resistance – to involvements in foreign conflicts".
When the middle or upper classes become similarly disenchanted with a current government, a civil war or revolt may occur.
Spanish Civil War, (1936 39), military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country.
Not long after Kennedy's death the country went from one crisis to another, stumbling through years of race riots and civil disobedience, the counterculture revolt, the crumbling of authority and the erosion of traditional values.
Even 20th-century atrocities such as the second world war pale into insignificance when death rates as a proportion of the population are compared with events such as China's An Lushan revolt and civil war in the eighth century, which killed 36 million people (the proportional equivalent of 429 million in the mid-20th century).
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Were he unable to pay for his enlarged army, there would likely be civil conflict, potentially open revolt.
