peplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse. 2. peplum - a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist.
) Mfecane war. According to Davies,(2003)The word Mfecane is from Zulu words meaning âCrushingâ, a period of wide spreading warfare plundering,disturbances,destruction and migration in Zulu land and in other parts of south Africa.
The War in the VendÃ©e was an uprising in the VendÃ©e region of France during the French Revolution. The VendÃ©e is a coastal region, located immediately south of the Loire River in western France. Initially, the war was similar to the 14th-century Jacquerie peasant uprising, but quickly acquired themes considered by the government in Paris to be counter-revolutionary, and Royalist. The uprising headed by the self-styled Catholic and Royal Army was comparable to the Chouannerie, which took ...