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When was the first Revolution where society rose up and said we are tired and overthrew the ruling party? (lemmy.world)
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[–] MercuryGenisus@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe better to ask, what was the first surviving written account?

[–] tlekiteki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

Monkey times, dude. The first Revolution was prehistoric

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t know if it’s the first, but the earliest that comes to mind is the overthrow of the Xia dynasty around 1600 BCE.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

There re probably hundreds of times on King supplanted another using the excuse that 'the people' were being overburdened.