Most proxies for " grievance "-the theory that civil wars begin because of issues of identity, rather than economics-were statistically insignificant, including economic equality, political rights, ethnic polarization and religious fractionalization.

Most of those countries engaged in local wars, the largest of them being the Polish-Soviet War ( 1919 – 1921 ).

* Most of the moai of Easter Island were toppled during the 18th century in the iconoclasm of civil wars.

Most political activity between the wars was local, and this succeeded most among the Luo of Kenya, where progressive young leaders became senior chiefs.

Most wars had other causes but they reinforced mercantilism by clearly defining the enemy, and justified damage to the enemy's economy.

Most of the quatrains deal with disasters, such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions, murders, droughts, and battles — all undated and based on foreshadowings by the Mirabilis Liber.

Most rulers of Europe were engaged in wars of their own and could not leave their countries for any length of time.

Most of the possessions of the former VOC were subsequently occupied by Great Britain during the Napoleonic wars, but after the new United Kingdom of the Netherlands was created by the Congress of Vienna, some of these were restored to this successor state of the old Dutch Republic by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814.

Most of those taken were sold to Europeans by other Africans ; some were prisoners of intertribal wars ; some were sold because of unpaid debts, while others were kidnapped.

Most of his works were published during the last years of his life after his return from the wars.

Most of the officers of the Army of the Covenant were veterans of Swedish service brought out of the continental wars to form Scotland's first professional army.

Most often, the first-born son of the empress inherited the office, failing which the post was taken up by the first-born son of a concubine or consort of lower rank, but this rule was not universal and disputed succession was the cause of a number of civil wars.

Most of the proxy wars and subsidies for local conflicts ended along with the Cold War ; interstate wars, ethnic wars, revolutionary wars, as well as refugee and displaced persons crises have declined sharply in the post – Cold War years.

Most of these wars were fought over the title of count of Holland, but some have argued that the underlying reason was because of the power struggle of the bourgeois in the cities against the ruling nobility.

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Most of the southern South American colonies of Spain, including Argentina, Chile, and Perú, fought their wars of independence under another influential military leader and politician, José de San Martín, ( known as " the Liberator " in Argentina ).

Most notably various territorial wars with Sweden, Russia and Prussia, the Napoleonic Wars on the side of France, and the Second World War, controversially and famously against the wishes of the Danish government, which had ordered immediate surrender to Germany.

Most of the Kshatriya families in Java and Bali became extinct during the fall of the Majapahit and the numerous Javanese wars.

Most games of the series take place in the same fictionalized world populated with fictional countries with details loosely based on real-life location, events, and wars.

Most of Thel's history is not revealed, although the pilot episode contains references to ' territories ', android creators, and ' wars of unification '.

Most had been decimated by infectious disease epidemics, to which they had no natural immunity ; survivors were attacked by wars, especially by the Iroquois Confederacy, who pushed from the south ( present-day New York ) trying to control hunting grounds and the fur trade.

Most orthodontists require an initial payment to cover the cost of diagnostic materials and construction of the appliances, but usually the remainder of the cost may be spread over a period of months or years.

Most of his cases happened during this period and he was at the height of his powers at this point in his life.

Most of the population lives in the western and northwestern parts of the country, where the two major cities, Yerevan and Gyumri ( which was called Aleksandropol ' during the tsarist period ), are located.

Most do not enter the World to Come immediately, but now experience a period of review of their earthly actions and they are made aware of what they have done wrong.

Most of the remaining fortifications including the Curtain walls and Keep date to this period and were built by the Armenians.

Most birds have an extended period of parental care after hatching.

Most soldiers are conscripts serving for a period 12 months ( with higher education ) or 18 month ( without ).

The fragments describe a Babylonian king ( spelled N-b-n-y ) who is afflicted by God with an " evil disease " for a period of seven years ; he is cured and his sins forgiven after the intervention of a Jewish exile who is described as a " diviner "; he issues a written proclamation in praise of the Most High God, and speaks in the first person.

Most commentators see Lamentations as reflecting the period immediately following the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, though Provan argues for an interpretation that is ahistorical.

Most Chinese numerals of later period were descendants from Shang dynasty oracle numerals of 14th century B. C.

Most Arthurian romances of this period produced in English or Welsh did not follow this trend ; Camelot was referred to infrequently, and usually in translations from French.

Most of the English colonists arrived as indentured servants, hiring themselves out as laborers for a fixed period to pay for their passage.

Most of the ruins that survive today date from the most intense period of activity at the site in the 6th century BC.

Most date from the early Neolithic period ( 4000 to 3000 BC ).

Most inhabitants of Diego Garcia through the period from 1793 to 1971 were plantation workers, but also included Franco-Mauritian managers, Indo-Mauritian administrators, Mauritian and Seychellois contract employees, and in the late 19th Century, Chinese and Somali employees.

Most modern historians dismiss this entire period as being beyond what history can know.

Most of the futuristic-themed films of this period have been lost, but critics cite Thais by Anton Giulio Bragaglia ( 1917 ) as one of the most influential, serving as the main inspiration for the upcoming German Expressionist cinema.

Most of the film noirs of the classic period were similarly low-and modestly budgeted features without major stars — B movies either literally or in spirit.

Most ancient cultures have had conceptions of a flat Earth, including Greece until the classical period, the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period, India until the Gupta period ( early centuries AD ) and China until the 17th century.

Most Romans departed from Britain around the year 410, which began the sub-Roman period ( 5th – 6th centuries ), but the legacy of the Roman Empire was felt for centuries in Britain.

Most scholars reject the historicity of the later legends of King Arthur, which seem to be set in this period, but some such as John Morris see it as evidence behind which may lie a plausible grain of truth.

Most biblical scholars and historians of ancient Israel today view the patriarchical narratives, including the life of Jacob, as late ( 6th and 5th centuries BCE ) literary compositions that have ideological and theological purposes but are unreliable for historical reconstruction of the presettlement period of Israel ’ s past.

Most brothers joined for life, although some were allowed to join for a set period.