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James II
the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)

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Aztec
...member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519

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Baby Doc
son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)

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Qing
- noun the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

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Titan
...reek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth); a p

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Manchu
...century; the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu

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Russia
...r the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917

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* [[Yazdegerd III]] - The last Sassanian king of Persia, who was overthrown by the Muslim conquests.

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Saturn Devouring His Son
...aturn), a [[Titan]] from [[Greek mythology]] who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children, ate each one upon their birth. The painting depicts

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Feudal Japan
...pan ended during the [[Meiji Restoration]] in 1868, when the shogunate was overthrown and the emperor was restored to power. This marked the beginning of modern

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Typhon
...d of Gaia, born as a last ditch effort to overthrow the Olympians, who had overthrown her previous children, the [[Titans]]. Typhon challenged Zeus for supremacy

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The Gambia
...Prime Minister and later President, [[Dawda Jawara]]. In 1994, Jawara was overthrown in a military coup led by [[Yahya Jammeh]], who ruled for 22 years. In 2016

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Romans
...uled by seven kings, the last of whom, [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]], was overthrown in a popular uprising.

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Topple
...ts being knocked over to more metaphorical uses, such as governments being overthrown. This article will focus on the concept of toppling in different fields, in

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October Revolution
...ed by [[Vladimir Lenin]], argued that the Provisional Government should be overthrown and power transferred to the Soviets. They gained significant support among

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Kazys Grinius
...sident of Lithuania, a position he held for only a few months before being overthrown by a military coup led by [[Antanas Smetona]]. The coup marked the end of d

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Hawaiian sovereignty movement
...sequent annexation of Hawaii. In 1893, the Kingdom of Hawaii was illegally overthrown by a group of American and European businessmen, with support from the Unit

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Russian Civil War
...s II]] and the establishment of a provisional government, which was itself overthrown by the Bolsheviks led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] in the October Revolution.

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Didius Julianus
...to a brief but tumultuous period in Roman history. Julianus was eventually overthrown and executed, symbolizing the deep-seated issues within the Roman political

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The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
...vior from the guests, culminating in the revelation that the patients have overthrown the staff and taken control of the asylum. The real staff, including Doctor

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