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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. revolution A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUtHwPI8EQdiV6LDeR6xy3w" class="cyc_term">ChangeOfGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is an event in which the previous government of a country or subregion of a country is replaced by a new regime, through political and military actions performed at least in large part by people who ahd been living under the old regime. This collection includes the full notion of a revolution from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EscalationOfHostilities</a> (which may vary from historian to historian), including the actual instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">War</a>, and ending with the creation of a new instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. In short, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is a successful instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKcDN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insurgency</a>. Revolution-Political revolutions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution AmericanRevolution the American Revolution An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rxTFIUuefQdadfLdfnrSwOQ" class="cyc_term">AmericanRevolution</a> is the complex series of events that lead up to the #$AmericanRevolutionaryWar and include the formation of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>. TheFrenchRevolution-HistoricEvent the French Revolution IranRevolution-1978-1979 the 1978-79 Iranian revolution The Iranian revolution which deposed the U.S.-backed government of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and brought to power a Shiite Muslim religious oligarchy led by the Ayatollah Khomeini with the declaration of an Islamic republic (April 1, 1979).--Rode, March 15, 1998 revolution A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUtHwPI8EQdiV6LDeR6xy3w" class="cyc_term">ChangeOfGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is an event in which the previous government of a country or subregion of a country is replaced by a new regime, through political and military actions performed at least in large part by people who ahd been living under the old regime. This collection includes the full notion of a revolution from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EscalationOfHostilities</a> (which may vary from historian to historian), including the actual instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">War</a>, and ending with the creation of a new instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. In short, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is a successful instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKcDN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insurgency</a>. Revolution-Political ChangeOfGovernment regime change A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwFXOT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalEvent</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUtHwPI8EQdiV6LDeR6xy3w" class="cyc_term">ChangeOfGovernment</a> is an event in which an intelligent agent (or a group of intelligent agents) brings about a fundamental change in the government of the population of a region. Important specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rkPj39o8FQdieA6uhPR4big" class="cyc_term">ChangeOfGovernment_ExternallyDriven</a> (qq.v.). A negative example is a peaceful turnover of power that arises as the consequence of an election, when the election mechanism used is part of an existing government structure. revolution A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUtHwPI8EQdiV6LDeR6xy3w" class="cyc_term">ChangeOfGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is an event in which the previous government of a country or subregion of a country is replaced by a new regime, through political and military actions performed at least in large part by people who ahd been living under the old regime. This collection includes the full notion of a revolution from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EscalationOfHostilities</a> (which may vary from historian to historian), including the actual instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">War</a>, and ending with the creation of a new instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. In short, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is a successful instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKcDN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insurgency</a>. Revolution-Political first-order collection An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNooX_CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> is the collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> (q.v.) Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. FirstOrderCollection Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString revolution A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUtHwPI8EQdiV6LDeR6xy3w" class="cyc_term">ChangeOfGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is an event in which the previous government of a country or subregion of a country is replaced by a new regime, through political and military actions performed at least in large part by people who ahd been living under the old regime. This collection includes the full notion of a revolution from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EscalationOfHostilities</a> (which may vary from historian to historian), including the actual instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">War</a>, and ending with the creation of a new instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. In short, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is a successful instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKcDN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insurgency</a>. Revolution-Political revolution A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUtHwPI8EQdiV6LDeR6xy3w" class="cyc_term">ChangeOfGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is an event in which the previous government of a country or subregion of a country is replaced by a new regime, through political and military actions performed at least in large part by people who ahd been living under the old regime. This collection includes the full notion of a revolution from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EscalationOfHostilities</a> (which may vary from historian to historian), including the actual instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">War</a>, and ending with the creation of a new instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. In short, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjMsT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Revolution_Political</a> is a successful instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKcDN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Insurgency</a>. Revolution-Political