A wave of fully covered metal humans swept across the plains‚ with long swords and horses‚ both looking like robots while they defended their lord’s land. Thousands of miles away in Japan‚ some samurai stood in intricately designed armour with crossbows and swords ran or rode on horses and fought so they would have defended their master’s land. The bright and bold colours of the horse’s skin and the Samurai’s armour danced like fire as they clashed with other Samurai. Europe’s knights and Japan’s
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Not the First to Sail the Ocean Blue In 1492‚ Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Although most students are taught this phrase‚ little else is taught or learned about Columbus. The history and background on Columbus and his voyage is typically unverifiable and often controversial. His need for wealth and power is not deserving of a national holiday. Students should know Columbus sailed the ocean blue on the Nina‚ Pinta‚ and Santa Maria‚ in 1492‚ but there is much more unknown and untold about his story
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through the storm and into icy waters. As the ship and its crew traveled on with no life to be seen‚ an albatross appeared as if to lead the ship northward to safety. For some unexplained reason‚ the ancient mariner shoots the albatross with his crossbow. In Part II‚ the crew‚ initially‚ cursed the ancient mariner for killing the bird that had led them to safety. However‚ the next morning they cheered him as the bird “had brought the fog and mist” (100). It was not until the ship stood still
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Lombrozo 1 Claire Lombrozo Film and Media Studies 70 Diana Pozo‚ Wed. @ 3 11 March‚ 2013 Failed Attempts at Gender Neutrality and Acceptance in the Toy Industry In recent years‚ toy industries have made an effort to manufacture toys that are “gender neutral” and “accepting” of all types of children. Nowhere is this more evident than the actual toy aisles‚ which in previous years boasted pretty pink Mattel Barbies in the girls ’ aisle‚ the epitome of the “Cult of True Womanhood”‚ and action
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the city of La Roche-Derrien‚ it assaults the city and is beaten back by several. Citizens of the city attempt to defend their home‚ among them a woman called Blackbird fights. Her real name is Jeanette‚ and she is the countess of Amorica. With her crossbow she wounds an English knight named Sir Simon Jekyll. She hits him in the arm and Jekyll vows revenge upon her. Skeat and Thomas go to visit the army commander‚ who is the Earl of Northampton. Thomas believes that he has discovered a way
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The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Western Christian Europe‚ particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years‚ between 1095 and 1291. There are several reasons for the Crusades‚ but the importance and relevance of some are debated by scholars even to this day. (NEW PARAGRAPH) In the Middle Ages‚ Christians considered
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Discuss the extent to which diseases brought by the Europeans played a role in the Spanish Conquest of Mexico and Peru. Before 1942 there was about 50 million Native Americans in Mexico and Peru within 100 years such Native American population decline as much as 90% (45 million). This was mainly as a result of the diseases brought by the Europeans and the diseases that had existed then. Therefore‚ the natives believed that their God’s had deserted them. However‚ there were other factors which played
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Daryl Dixon is one of the Atlanta Camp survivors. He is often volatile and will quickly resort to violence in threatening situations. An experienced tracker and hunter‚ he is deadly accurate with a crossbow and has taken a prominent role in safeguarding the members of his group. Sophia is a little girl about Carl’s age. Her father was abusive and killed by walkers. She is chased by a walker then lost. The group searches for until‚ in the last episode
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extended mag‚ and grip in multiplayer. There are also zombies that are the same‚ and both have Nacht Der Untoten‚ a zombie map‚ too. Some weapons that are the same are guns like the ray gun‚ the Scorpion‚ and the ballistic knife. Both games have a crossbow. There are some
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Leonardo da Vinci When most people think of Leonardo da Vinci they think of a painter. He specialized in painting and sculpting extremely detailed‚ and masterful pieces. Although Leonardo was a fantastic artist he used a different method to create his paintings. He used math equations to develop certain angles‚and to define depth with the quantity of paint he used. Although he showed no exceptional talent for math‚ he realized at a young age that mathematics supports everything in the scientific
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