Easter Rising

(noun)

The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish Republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798.

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(noun)

The Easter Rising was an insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The rising was mounted by Irish Republicans with the aims of ending British rule and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in World War I. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798.

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Examples of Easter Rising in the following topics:

  • Domestic Discontent with the War

    • The April 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was crushed within a week by the occupying British military government and the Irish Republican leaders subsequently executed by firing squad.

  • The Rise of Pacific Cultures

    • New areas were also settled during this time, including Hawaii, Easter Island, Tahiti, and New Zealand.
    • Starting around 1100 CE, the people of Easter Island began construction of nearly 900 moai (large stone statues).
    • Starting around 1100 CE, the people of Easter Island began construction of nearly 900 moai, or large stone statues.

  • Stonework on Easter Island

    • Easter Island is famous for its monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people.
    • On Easter Island, both ahu and moai evolved to a much greater size.
    • One of the highest-quality examples of Easter Island stone masonry is the rear wall of the ahu at Vinapu.
    • Easter Island once had an apparent script called rongorongo.
    • Describe the structure and creation of the moai and ahu of Easter Island.

  • The Development of Papal Supremacy

    • The creation of the term "papal supremacy" dates back to the 6th century, at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which was the beginning of the rise of the bishops of Rome to not just the position religious authority, but the power to be the ultimate ruler of the kingdoms within the Christian community (Christendom), which it has since retained.
    • In 195 CE, Pope Victor I, in what is seen as an exercise of Roman authority over other churches, excommunicated the Quartodecimans for observing Easter on the 14th of Nisan, the date of the Jewish Passover.
    • Celebration of Easter on a Sunday, as insisted on by the pope, is the system that has prevailed.
    • Another part of this phase occurred in the 8th century, after the rise of the new religion of Islam had weakened the Byzantine Empire and the Lombards had renewed their pressure in Italy.
    • The second great phase in the process of papal supremacy's rise to prominence extended from the mid-11th to the mid-13th century.

  • Dates and Calendars

    • One of these was calendar of the Persian Empire, which in turn gave rise to the Zoroastrian calendar, as well as the Hebrew calendar.
    • These gave rise to the various Hindu calendars, as well as to the ancient Roman calendar, which contained very ancient remnants of a pre-Etruscan ten-month solar year.
    • The motivation for the reform was to stop the drift of the calendar with respect to the equinoxes and solstices—particularly the vernal equinox, which set the date for Easter celebrations.

  • The Rise of Islamism

  • Rising Discontent in Russia

  • Hitler's Rise to Power

  • War

    • The Battle of Ravenna, in which France defeated the Spaniards on Easter Sunday in 1512

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