Civil war
A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. Civil war is usually a high intensity stage in an unresolved political struggle for national control of state power. As in any war, the conflict may be over other matters such as religion, ethnicity, or distribution of wealth. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict.
Examples of civil wars include:
- The Anarchy, 1135-1153 (refers to the disorder during the reign of King Stephen of England)
- Wars of the Roses, ~1455-1485
- English Civil War, 1642-1649
- American Civil War, 1861-1865
- Russian Civil War, 1917-1921
- Finnish Civil War, 1918
- Irish Civil War, 1922-1923
- Chinese Civil War, 1928-1937, 1945-1949
- Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
- Hellenic Civil War, 1946-1949
- Korean Civil War, 1950-1953
- Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1991
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The Civil War is also a term used to represent the annual football game between the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks. It has since broadened to refer to any athletic or academic competition between the two universities.
