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| Images like this were very common in the Arab Spring of 2011 |
Today, we are quite used to seeing uprisings, protests and revolutions. In fact, there probably aren't many people who have never protested about something. If we are upset about a foreign war, government policy or other injustices, we can always make ourselves a placard, go to London and make the point clear. Ultimately, we can change the way we vote or even (the strongest possible form of English protest) write a strongly worded letter.
One of the most interesting things about history is realising that things weren't the same in the past. Now, this might seem like an obvious thing to say but to understand what life was like before the fourteenth century, you must appreciate that there were fewer ways of getting your feelings heard.
