What can historians learn about why the Spanish were successful in defeating the Aztecs? From sources of the time‚ historians can explain how Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs for various reasons. In combination these reasons allowed him to have the upper hand in the conquest of Mexico. To begin with the Aztecs had a harsh tribute system that was not popular among the people of Mexico‚ and this tribute system allowed Cortes to befriend many tribes; meaning supplies were easily
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INDIAN ARMY (IA‚ Bhāratīya Thalasēnā) Introduction : The Indian Army (IA‚ Bhāratīya Thalasēnā) is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The Indian Army came into being when India gained independence in 1947‚ and inherited most of the infrastructure of the British Indian Army that were located in post-partition India. Since independence‚ the army has been involved in four wars
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person. She knew the young maiden behind the door‚ and had often seen her staring at the peasant with looks of admiration. It also says‚ in the story’s own words‚ that the Princess‚ “...with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors‚ hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.” And we know that she dreamed about what it would be like if the peasant opened the door and out came the maiden. “How in her grievous reveries
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a defensive position forcing the Union to attack him there. His troops went from town to town for food and supplies. On June 28th they crossed into Pennsylvania and toward Gettysburg. Upon arrival about a mile northwest of town‚ Colonel Buford’s cavalry unit met Lee’s III Corps headed by General Hood. Much to his disappointment his troops had began to fight without his acknowledgement. Meanwhile‚ the Army of the Potomac was hot on Lee’s heels but marched east of the Blue Ridge so as not to be detected
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CHOLA ADMINISTRATION The Chola kings followed a highly efficient system of’ administration. The entire Tanjore district‚ parts of’Trichy‚ Pudukottai and South Arcot districts formed the part of’ the Chola Mandalam. The Cholas had three major administrative divisions called Central Government‚ Provincial Government and Local Government. Tanjore was the capital of the Cholas. The efficient Chola administrative system has been well appreciated by many historians and rulers. King ship The king
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obvious that it is Autumn. There was about 6 characters in this poem. The son‚ mother‚ father‚ elder daughter and two younger daughters. The son is a soldier in the American Civil War. The line “Sentences broken—gun-shot wound in the breast‚ cavalry skirmish‚ taken to hospital” tells the reader that the son‚ Pete is a soldier in the army. The poem was about... On a beautiful
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HST 225- 01-TRACEY MARTIN -042267773 “ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE HELLENISTIC AGE.” Why did Alexander invade the Persian territory? The question on why Alexander invaded the Persian territory has only been guessed at by historians in the past. The true reason why‚ may never be known. What is known however is the fact that Alexander had continued what many before him had done‚ invade the Persian territory
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Keats “If poetry come not as naturally as the leaves to a tree‚ it had better not come at all.” Negative capability: Keats believed that great people‚ especially poets‚ have to the ability to accept that not everything can be resolved. The truths found in the imagination access holy authority and cannot be otherwise understood. John Keats claimed that great artists possessed what he called “Negative Capability.” Such artists were “capable of being in uncertainties‚ Mysteries‚ doubts‚ without any
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after 4 hours once it launched. On 11:40pm on 14 April 1912‚ it is the maiden voyage for the RMS Titanic Ship to travel from Southampton to New York. The ship struck in Atlantic Ocean on a n iceberg which eventually leads to the sinking of the ship at around 2‚20am on 15 April 1912. The collision leads to loss more than 1‚500 lives including passengers and crew of its 2‚208 people. The Titanic crashed into an iceberg on its maiden voyage because of The high pressure meant there was a lack of fog. 6
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Mummies are marvelous specimens to find at ancient gravesites because they are our true glimpse into the past of the ingenuous people that once resided in certain areas. There are the mummies of ancient Egypt that hold their dead pharos warped in cloth‚ preserved with chemicals and their tomb lined with old positions. Then there are the mummies from Guanjuato‚ Mexico who in their waking life were unaware that their bodies would be mummified‚ and because of chemicals in the water‚ these mummies have
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