by the fleeing soldiers made it impossible. All the southern isles’ units near the fortress had began to retreat‚ the correct word would have been run‚ trying to get away from the deadly cannons. But the valley was full of infantry companies and cavalry squadrons which had deployed to protect the cannons from a sally and now they were just easy targets for Nelberg’s gunners who‚ once the draught animals had fleed‚ mercilessly loaded and fired once and again against the units in the valley. After
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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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walkers are Janissaries (They were the most important part of the army. They had three group; Cemaat Ortalari‚Sekban Bolukleri‚ Aga Bolukleri)‚ Bombardiers‚ Cebeciler‚Lagimcilar‚Humbaracilar and Top Arabacilari ( they carried the gun carriage). Then‚ Cavalries are Cavalrymen‚ Armorer‚ Sag-Sol Ulufeciler‚ Sag Garipler and Sol Garipler. All of them are responsible for protecting the boundaries and safety of the lands. And‚ There was an important organisation; Janissary Band. In the wars‚ they raised the
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Which technology was most effective during WW1 Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths. This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun’s barrel
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Discussion Forum Question Unit 5 What were the outcomes of the second Punic War? The second Punic war was caused by the growing rivalry between the two great powers that were struggling for supremacy in the western Mediterranean (Morey‚ W.C.‚ 1901). In the Second Punic War‚ the great Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy and scored great victories at Lake Trasimene and Cannae before his eventual defeat at the hands of Rome’s Scipio Africanus in 202 B.C. which left Rome in control of the western
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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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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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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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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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