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    Why did William win the battle of Hastings? There are 4 reasons for William’s victory in the battle of Hastings. First‚ there was his preparation‚ the next‚ William’s leadership. Then‚ Harold’s weaknesses: and finally‚ luck. I think that luck was the main reason for William’s victory because‚ without the wind changing at the precise moment when Harold was still at Stamford Bridge‚ William would not have been able to accomplish an amphibious landing unnoticed to invade the southern side of England

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    Europe had its roots in earlier centuries. It arose in the Holy Roman Empire from the idealisation of the cavalryman-involving military bravery‚ individual training and service to others- especially Francia‚ among horse soldiers in Charlemagne’s cavalry. The term Chivalry derives from the Old French term chevalerie‚ which can be translated to “horse soldier”. Gautier states that knighthood emerged from the Moors as well as the Teutonic forests and was nurtured into civilization and chivalry by the

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    Priam’s heir‚ and loved by the people.Hektor commands the Trojan Horse‚ Troy’s mighty cavalry. He is greatly loved by the soldiers under his command and knows all of their names and those

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    family to take a vacation together but her parents tell her that they need a vacation alone. They tell her that they are going to Turkey. They promised to bring her back Western things‚ like posters of Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden. Marjane’s father says that he really likes Iron Maiden and the marjane and her mother couldn’t believe it. In Turkey‚ the Satrapis go to a record store and buy the posters. They then must think of ways to get the posters back through traditions. None of the ideas seemed to

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    By: Tony Pancho villa Doroteo Aranga learned to hate aristocratic Dons‚ who worked he and many other Mexicans like slaves‚ Doroteo Aranga also known as Pancho villa hated aristocratic because he made them work like animals all day long with little to eat. Even more so‚ he hated ignorance within the Mexican people that allowed such injustices. At the young age of fifteen‚ Aranga came home to find his mother trying to prevent the rape of his sister. Aranga shot the man and fled to the Sierra Madre

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    Comparing Cousin Kate and The Seduction Cousin Kate is a pre twentieth century poem‚ written in ballet style (set in verse0 in a very rural countryside. It was written by Christina Rosseti‚ her voice is that of a young woman working as a cottage maiden that falls in love with a lord and gets pregnant‚ and is then discarded for her cousin Kate who marries the lord. The second poem "the seduction" is a more modern poem with an urban setting‚ and is written in narrative form. The rhyme and rhythm

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    presidents of the United States of America‚ Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt was a president‚ a soldier and naval strategist‚ a conservationist and hunter‚ to name a few. Theodore Roosevelt is the youngest person to ever hold office‚ he had also led a cavalry unit called the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American war. Theodore Roosevelt’s fascinating early life caused him to develop into one of the most influential presidents of the United States of America. Theodore Roosevelt had a life filled with ups

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    The Caryatids on the Erechtheion of the Acropolis The Erechtheion‚ a temple dedicated to Athena Polias on the Athenian Acropolis‚ is a building that is mysterious in numerous ways. Even though the Erechtheion was one of the most significant of Athena’s shrines‚ relatively little is known about it. Especially when compared to the information available regarding the largest structure on the Acropolis‚ the Parthenon‚ the Erechtheion is to some extent a mystery. Its unique architectural structure is

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    The End of the Affair by P.J. O’Rourke The phrase “bankrupt General Motors‚” which we expect to hear uttered on Monday‚ leaves Americans my age in economic shock. The words are as melodramatic as “Mom’s nude photos.” And‚ indeed‚ if we want to understand what doomed the American automobile‚ we should give up on economics and turn to melodrama. Politicians‚ journalists‚ financial analysts and other purveyors of banality have been looking at cars as if a convertible were a business. Fire the MBAs

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    of rucking through treacherous terrain and weather. For instance‚ the most dangerous movement the Carthaginian army made was the crossing of the Alps. The crossing of the Alps came at a cost‚ and Hannibal lost thousands of his men‚ elephants‚ and cavalry (Cartwright‚ 2016). Throughout the war‚ Hannibal

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