The Bastille's fall gave momentum to the rest of the French Revolution, leading to the execution of the royal family and, eventually, the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.
These are the diary entries from 21 members of a women's creative-writing group, furtively recorded in a WhatsApp chat during the year after Kabul fell.
Jefferson's followers hailed the fall of the Bastille and what followed - the rise of the French Republic - while Hamilton and the Federalists were horror-stricken.
It's quite similar to the vivid descriptions we have of the final fall of Carthage and that very, very bruised and bloody eradication of the Carthaginian population.