Misplaced Pages

Civil war: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 19:50, 1 February 2004 view sourceJoy (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators144,152 edits copyedit← Previous edit Revision as of 19:51, 1 February 2004 view source Joy (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators144,152 editsm missed thisNext edit →
Line 1: Line 1:
A '''civil war''' is a ] conflict in which the competing parties are segments of the same ] or ]. Civil ] is usually the final stage in an unresolved ] struggle for national control of ]. The conflict may be over matters such as ], ], or ]. Some civil wars are also categorized as ]s when major societal restructuring is an outcome of the conflict. A '''civil war''' is a ] conflict in which the competing parties are segments of the same ] or ]. Civil ] is usually the final stage in an unresolved ] struggle for national control of ]. The conflict may be over matters such as ], ], or distribution of ]. Some civil wars are also categorized as ]s when major societal restructuring is an outcome of the conflict.


There were several major civil wars in the ]. Other examples of civil wars include: There were several major civil wars in the ]. Other examples of civil wars include:

Revision as of 19:51, 1 February 2004

A civil war is a violent conflict in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually the final stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of power. The conflict may be over matters such as religion, ethnicity, or distribution of wealth. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is an outcome of the conflict.

There were several major civil wars in the Roman Empire. Other examples of civil wars include:

See also:

The Civil War is also a term used to represent the annual football game between the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks.