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Crimean War
(Encyclopedia) Crimean WarCrimean Warkrīmēˈən [key], 1853–56, war between Russia on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, and Sardinia on the other. The causes of the conflict…Corinthian War
(Encyclopedia) Corinthian War (395 b.c.–86 b.c.), armed conflict between Corinth, Argos, Thebes, and Athens on one side and Sparta on the other. Angered by Sparta's tyrannical overlordship in Greece…Great War
(Encyclopedia) Great War: see World War I.Gulf War
(Encyclopedia) Gulf War: see Persian Gulf War; Iran-Iraq War.Antirent War
(Encyclopedia) Antirent War, in U.S. history, tenant uprising in New York state. When Stephen Van Rensselaer, owner of Rensselaerswyck, died in 1839, his heirs attempted to collect unpaid rents.…Iraq War
(Encyclopedia) Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars.Indochina War
(Encyclopedia) Indochina War: see Vietnam War.Marsic War
(Encyclopedia) Marsic War: see Social War.Aroostook War
(Encyclopedia) Aroostook War, Feb.–May, 1839, border conflict between the United States and Canada. In 1838, Maine and New Brunswick both claimed territory left undetermined on the U.S.-Canadian…Mixtón War
(Encyclopedia) Mixtón WarMixtón Warmēstōnˈ [key], 1541, revolt of indigenous peoples against Spanish rule in Nueva Galicia, W Mexico. The conquest under Nuño de Guzmán had been particularly harsh and…Trending
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