A guide to the language of history
History glossary
Understand the people, places and ideas behind the stories. Find a term, read its meaning, then explore it in context.
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Clear filtersYellow Turban Rebellion
a major uprising in 184 CE that exposed late Han social strain and weakened central authority.
Yorkist
supporting the royal claims of Richard, Duke of York, and his descendants.
Yugoslavia
a twentieth-century Balkan state that united several South Slavic peoples before violently breaking apart.
