Some of the reasons for documentation are personal‚ political‚ economical‚ and social. Hernan Cortes‚ the leader of the Spanish expedition‚ wrote some of the most popular documents which were published in Spain almost instantly and were read as the "official" story of the conquest of the new world (Schwartz 15). The main goal of the expedition was gold‚ and secondly to spread Catholicism to the newly discovered world. Cortes made many decisions which went against Spain’s direct interests
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The Crusading movement The Crusades were military expeditions undertaken by Christian Europe between the 11th and the 17th century to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims. The main crusading movement took place between the 11th and 13th century. The word crusade‚ which is derived from the Latin "Crux" was adopted by crusaders who adorned themselves with the symbol of Christianity: the cross.1 Crusaders wore a red cross sewn on their tunics to indicate their status as soldiers of Christ
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alike‚ to sew on the Crusader Cross and vow to liberate the Holy Land as a Christian duty . In answering the popularly held charge that the Crusades were just an excuse to make profit‚ it should be noted that few of the nobles who financed their expeditions ever recovered the costs that they
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was painted imperial vermilion‚ and a vermilion silk canopy covered the poop on which the doge sat in state. In front of him‚ four silver trumpets sounded‚ answered from the other ships by hundreds of trumpets‚ drums and tabors. The goal of this expedition‚ this Fourth Crusade‚ was to win back the holy city of Jerusalem. Conquered
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References: Aristotle (trans. 1962). Nicomachean ethics. New York: Bobbs-Merrill. Bebeau‚ M.J.; Rest‚ J.R.; & Narvaez‚ D. (1999). Beyond the promise: A perspective on research in moral education. Educational Researchers‚ 28(4)‚ 18-26. EJ587024. Benninga‚ J.S.; Berkowitz‚ M.W.; Kuehn‚ P.; & Smith‚ K. (2003). The relationships of character education and academic
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It started as a diary but since this duplicate was drafted a while later‚ it now and again peruses like a letter or a chronicle. Most parts were created around the camp after the summer days of 1673‚ while different parts are outlines composed up to a year later. It was made to portray new things seen interestingly‚ as a narrative record of the
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Castilian.” Reports of Peru ’s riches and the heroic stories of other conquistador’s success against the Aztec Empire in Mexico tantalized all of Spain. This influenced Pizarro to plead with the Spanish king‚ Charles V‚ for permission to undertake an expedition to claim Peru‚ the home of the Inca Empire‚ in the name of the Spain in 1528. The Inca Empire‚ with its 12 million in population‚ was currently undergoing civil unrest. After their father’s death‚ two brothers‚ Huascar and Atahualpa‚ were battling
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Ancient Roman and Elizabethan Weapons and Warfare Both the Elizabethan England and Ancient Roman had powerful armies but with different styles. With Elizabethan England army has their medieval weapons and Ancient Roman having their defensive weapons they were able to conquer much territory as well as be feared. A sword and a spear were the main weapons of Roman soldier. Skill in fencing during the Elizabethan era was a requirement of all upper class. The Ancient Roman was based on its strong
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In the Martian chronicles the question "how does man adapt to change?" is answered multiple times‚ but with all the same answer. The author‚ Brabury‚ takes real life situations that he was dealing with and made them into out of the ordinary times and settings‚ but with the same concept. Now he switched the answer to "how does man adapt to change?" to write his book. The answer to the question is of course‚ man adapts to change by making the unfamiliar familiar. Each character has a different
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edu/mxhaidar/Dissertation/MH_dissertation_final.pdf IEEE. (June 2008). “802.11”. Article posted to http://www.ieee802.org/11. Mitchell‚ B. (©2008). “802.11”. Article posted to http://compnetworking.about. com/od/wireless80211/g/bldef_80211x.htm. Narvaez‚ L. et al. (July 2007). “Designing 802.11 WLANs for VoIP and Data”. Retrieved last September 11‚ 2008 from http://paper.ijcsns.org/07_ book/200707/20070734.pdf Nortel Networks Inc. (©2004). “Engineering a WLAN”. Retrieved last September 11‚ 2008
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