ID: 901001747 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001747	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Jasmine Revolution (Tunisian history, 2010-2011)

Note: The first major uprising in what later came to be termed the "Arab Spring." Set off by the self-immolation in 2010 of 26-year-old fruit vendor Mohammed Bouazizi, after being mistreated by a police officer; eventually led to the resignation of then-president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.

Display Date: 2010-2011

Names:

	Jasmine Revolution (Tunisian history, 2010-2011) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<African history> (P)
		........Arab Spring (Middle Eastern-North African history, 2010-2012) (P)
		............Jasmine Revolution (Tunisian history, 2010-2011) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... rebellion
	.....(political events, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Republic of Tunisia
	.....(Africa) (TGN)

Sources:

	Jasmine Revolution (Tunisian history, 2010-2011)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed April 19 2017
	................Vanden et al., New Global Politics (2017) 95
	................Honwana, Youth and Revolution in Tunisia (2013) 79

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed April 19 2017
	................ Vanden et al., New Global Politics (2017) 95
	................ Honwana, Youth and Revolution in Tunisia (2013) 79