Cultural destruction
What Cultural destruction means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A wave of destruction in which temples, historical artefacts and literature were obliterated after Mao urged the Red Guards to destroy the 'four olds'.
The cultural loss was immense, with magnificent buildings destroyed and irreplaceable libraries dispersed.
The loss of tribal culture caused by the negative impacts of reservations.
Topics that use Cultural destruction
- Option 32: Key topic 3: The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76 - 2 The Red Guards and the Red Terror (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option B3: Key topic 3: The Reformation and its impact, 1529–40 - 3 The dissolution of the monasteries (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P3: Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862–c1876 - 3 Changes in the ways of life of Indigenous peoples of the Plains (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Anarchy and disorder
- Assimilation
- Broken treaties
- Conflict
- Cult of personality
- Cultural Revolution Group
- Economic power and land ownership
- Education and literacy
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