Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupational identity, ritual status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution.
You have to specify in what country? If the answer is France, they were mad at Louis XIV because he gave them no taxation yet no representation in government. This was very common in an absolutist government like France at the time. The nobles wanted the say in government so they teamed up with the peasants (had taxation and no representation) who were also very mad and they went to war with the monarchy. The monarchy lost because of the amount of people the nobles and peasants had.
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The era characterized by Japanese modernisation was called the Meiji period.
Hong Kong authorities barred pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong from an election as the city’s leader warned Tuesday that months of violent protests have pushed the city to the brink of recession. ... What initially were massive but peaceful marches and sit-ins have intensified into ...