positions in the bureaucracy through a levy on male Christian children. 2. Ottoman land forces were powerful enough to defeat the Safavids‚ but the Ottomans were defeated at sea by combined Christian forces at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The Turkish cavalry were paid in land grants. 3. The Ottoman Empire was a cosmopolitan society in which the Osmanli-speaking‚ tax-exempt military class (askeri) served the sultan as soldiers and bureaucrats and were exempt from paying taxes. 4. In the view of the Ottomans
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that Angie’s husband has been gone much longer than she says as the work around the ranch has been neglected for quite some time. When confronted‚ Angie is forced to admit it. After a short time at the ranch‚ as Hondo prepares to return to his cavalry post‚ he urges Angie and Johnny to come along‚ for they are living alone in dangerous Apache country. She chooses to remain insisting that the Indians are friendly and will not attack her. When he returns to his post‚ Hondo hears of Apache attacks
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movement ended. The hopes of a short war were over. The troops dug trenches. ➢ When did the two sides reach stalemate? November 1914 ➢ How did military leaders believe battles were won before the First World War? Cavalry charges with infantry following behind this cavalry What was a howitzer? A large gun‚ which could fire‚ shells hundreds of yards away. What did the Germans do to maximise the impact of the machine gun? They set up machine gun posts enclosed in concrete to protect their
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Male and female spies were essential sources of information during the Civil War. The best spies were people you would never suspect. Spies were brave‚ faceless and they knew the environment very well. Their presence was incredibly excepted. Whether they dressed as men and joined the army‚ posed as mindless slaves‚ or just kept their ears opens in collective circles‚ spies provided necessary information. It was even a woman spy who provided Union battle plans to Confederate Army‚ which allowed them
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tactical insight and strategic planning. He was able to modify and adapt his tactics to suit each opponent and was not afraid to vary the disposition of his troops. At Granicus‚ he focused on cavalry‚ he used a larger army at Gaugamela to overcome the danger of being encircled‚ and at Hydaspes he substituted his cavalry for infantry to enable them to face the elephants. He made the phalanx formation mobile and was flexible in his approach‚ often taking the enemy by surprise and forcing them to change their
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judgment in lawsuits. The greatest of the affairs were handled by the council of the Areopagus‚ punishing the disorderly. Soon after this‚ Draco passed his legislation. Political power was granted to those who owned land‚ as well as generals and cavalry commanders‚ who had legitimate sons over the age of
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was rested. | Part of Harold’s army got left behind on the trip down | | Part of Harold’s army got left behind on the trip down. | Williams’s army was stronger. He had good troops and better trained soldiers. They were better armed. William used cavalry and archers whereas Harold did not. | | After King Harold died soldiers fled | William was a good tactition. | The Normans changed into the shield wall between the gaps. | | •Williams men believed in him and promised to reward them. William
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power‚ the general public started to revolt against him; which is proven when the speaker states‚ “Revolutionaries wait/ For my head on a silver plate”. Finally‚ many of the lyrics used in the song‚ such as: “missionaries‚ “Revolutionaries”‚ “Roman cavalry”‚ and “Jerusalem bells” relate to the era of the Crusaders. This leads to the conclusion that the song is about the past experiences of a king and not a different kind of authority figure (president‚ commander‚ and etc.). Therefore‚ in the song “Viva
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similar type of objective‚ which was to eliminate a specified target. Black Hawk Down was based off of Special Operations Forces which was to take down a key war lord in Somalia and We Were Soldiers was based off of the implementation of the Air Cavalry and their objective was a key terrain site in the Ia Drang Valley. They both required intensive planning and coordination with supporting elements such as intelligence‚ aviation support‚ and fire support. They both utilized the same form of transportation
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Determining who is and isn’t a member of a tribe‚ or Native American‚ can be complicated‚ and the answers don’t always come in a simple "yes" or "no." Part of the reason such determinations can be controversial is because tribes’ own rules for establishing membership can vary widely. And many tribes use parentage as a means of defining membership. Known as "blood quantum‚" the practice defines tribal membership according to the degree of "pure blood" belonging to that tribe. About 10 to 90 million
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