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The pivotal event of the book is an appearance of Jesus Christ to the Americas shortly after his resurrection.
The quick and decisive defeat of the Arab troops during the Six-Day War by Israeli troops constituted a pivotal event in the Arab Muslim world.
* The sack of Lindisfarne monastery by a fleet of opportunistic Vikings is a pivotal event in Charles Barnitz ' historical fantasy / adventure, The Deepest Sea ( 1996 )
Scott's orchestration of King George IV's visit to Scotland, in 1822 was a pivotal event intended to inspire a view of his home country that, in his view, accentuated the positive aspects of the past while allowing the age of quasi-mediaeval blood-letting to be put to rest and the envisioning of a more useful, hopefully peaceful future.
Destinations for such pilgrims can include historic sites of national or cultural importance, and can be defined as places " of cultural significance: an artist's home, the location of a pivotal event or an iconic destination.
This situation came to a head with the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, a pivotal event described in Nat Brandt's book The Town That Started the Civil War.
The Tennis Court Oath () was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution.
1997 marked another major pivotal year for the event.
Later, he described this event as a pivotal moment which inspired the course of his teachings.
The event is seen as pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany.
However, like Manzikert, Myriokephalon was a pivotal event and following it the balance between the two powers in Anatolia gradually began to shift, for Manuel never again launched a strategically offensive campaign against the Turks and remained on the defensive.
The resulting 228 Incident became a pivotal event in the shaping of modern Taiwanese identity.
The event was pivotal for Borlaug's future.
The following year, the brutal suppression by Soviet forces of a large peaceful demonstration held in Tbilisi on April 4 – 9, 1989 proved to be a pivotal event in discrediting the continuation of Soviet rule over the country.
Focusing on key passages in the books of Daniel, Ezekiel and Revelation, Lindsey originally suggested the possibility that these climactic events might play out in the 1980s, which he interpreted as one generation from the foundation of modern Israel in 1948, a pivotal event in most evangelical ( especially conservative evangelical ) schools of eschatological thought.
This pivotal event remains shrouded in mystery because its outcome has become an object of contention ( and considerable historical rewriting ) between pro-Vietnamese and anti-Vietnamese Khmer communist factions.
The deaths and the reaction to them has been described as a pivotal event in the Iranian Revolution when any " hope for compromise " between the protest movement and the Shah's regime was extinguished.
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 was a pivotal event in Czechoslovakia's political development.
This was to be a pivotal event in the British Poetry Revival, bringing together poets who were separated geographically and in terms of poetic influences and encouraging them to support and publish each other's work.
The next year, she witnessed the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in her life.
She also referred to the Sponsorship scandal as " a pivotal event with a lasting impact " and " broke just about every rule in the book ".
A pivotal silk trade historical event was caused by Justinian I the Byzantine Emperor.
The Battle of the Alamo ( February 23 – March 6, 1836 ) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution.
But it was his conquest of Kalinga which proved to be the pivotal event of his life.

pivotal and history
In February 1705, Queen Anne, who had made Marlborough a Duke in 1702, granted him the Park of Woodstock and promised a sum of £ 240, 000 to build a suitable house as a gift from a grateful crown in recognition of his victory – a victory which British historian Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy considered one of the pivotal battles in history, writing – " Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability.
Since the following two hundred years saw the rise of the Classical Greek civilization, which has been enduringly influential in western society, the Battle of Marathon is often seen as a pivotal moment in European history.
The harnessing of fire was a pivotal milestone in human history.
The death of Charles the Bold, the last Valois Duke of Burgundy, at the Battle of Nancy in 1477 was a pivotal, if under-recognised, moment in European history.
In one of the pivotal experiments in the history of optics, the young Newton shone a narrow beam of sunlight through a prism to produce a rainbow-like band of colors on the wall.
He understood Christ's incarnation as a historical reality, and a pivotal point in human history, however.
The Midwestern United States was the original REO Speedwagon fan stronghold and is pivotal in this period of the band's history.
However, these incursions and epochs, though pivotal, did not shape the region's history as the invasions of two later invading groups: Muslim Arabs and the Oghuz Turks.
It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history.
With the opportunities found only at Roosevelt College in the late 1940s, Washington's time at Roosevelt proved to be a pivotal point in his life and the city's history.
Although the battle itself was not of the greatest significance militarily, this was a pivotal moment in history ; it marks the spread of Chinese papermaking into regions west of China as captured Chinese soldiers revealed secrets of Chinese papermaking to the Arabs.
The Battle of Sitka ( 1804 ) played a pivotal role in the history of the Tlingit people and the formation of Russian Alaska.
A leading critic called him " the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation " and a pivotal figure in the country's history.
Threepio and R2-D2 played a vital and pivotal role in the Galaxy's history.
Meredith's entry is regarded as a pivotal moment in the history of civil rights in the United States.
A pivotal moment in the history of Canterbury Cathedral was the murder of Thomas Becket in the north-west transept ( also known as the Martyrdom ) on Tuesday 29 December 1170 by knights of King Henry II.
The success of Athens in securing the 2004 Games was based largely on Athens ' appeal to Olympic history and the emphasis that it placed on the pivotal role that Greece and Athens could play in promoting Olympism and the Olympic Movement.
In thehistory plays ’ of William Shakespeare, Lord Stanley features in a pivotal role throughout the play Richard III as an initially loyal but troubled royal servant whose misgivings as to Richard ’ s ‘ true ’ nature lead him towards collaboration with his stepson Henry Tudor and active assistance in placing him on the throne.
" In the pivotal documentary movie Salsa: Latin Pop Music in Cities ( 1979 ), the history of salsa is explained as a mixing of African, Caribbean, and New York cultures and musics, with no mention of Cuba.
Calling himself the First Emperor (, Shǐ Huángdì ) after China's unification, Qín Shǐ Huáng is a pivotal figure in Chinese history, ushering nearly two millennia of imperial rule.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese Buddhism, and Confucianism.
Kingston has a rich history as a pivotal pioneer in American education.
) It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history — with Rolling Stone calling it one of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
Kyrenia castle played a pivotal role in the island's history during the many disputes among the Frankish kings, as well as the conflicts with the Genoese.

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