Heroes of the Trojan War: What is a hero really? Everyone has their own beliefs about what a hero is‚ but the beliefs greatly vary from each other. In the movie Troy for example‚ lots of people think that Achilles is a hero because he is such a great warrior. In reality though‚ someone needs to be a lot more than a great weapon-handler to be a hero. A hero is a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. A hero is a person who is regarded as a model
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Oscar Rivas Professor Cervantes US History/ 3rd Period October 18 2013 The MexicanAmerican war of 1846 played a very significant role in the history of the United States and Mexico. The United States gained 529‚000 square miles of valuable Mexican territory. Due to the war Mexico lost half of it’s land and resources which left Mexico with half of the territory they had before the war began. Wars are typically fought to defend or seize land‚ or to destroy an enemy. But in this case‚ the United States aggressively invaded Mexico
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The Punic Wars The Punic Wars were a series of wars between Rome‚ the powerful empire‚ and Carthage‚ a quickly made and equally powerful superpower. In 264 BC‚ Rome and Carthage started the lengthy and devastating series of wars over who should have control over the strategic island of Sicily. Rome and Carthage were affected greatly because wars have their consequences‚ good or bad. A total of thirteen million people died over the course of these wars. The wars started with a single conflict‚ but
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that this was a disputed question which eventually sent to nations into war? Soldiers were dispatched by americans on July 1845 into the disputed territory between the US and Mexico. However‚ the war began on May 9‚ 1846 in the disputed territory of Mexico near the Rio Grande between the US and Mexican forces. Was it okay for the US to declare war with Mexico? The answer is no. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because Mexico was only protecting their nation‚ the US crossed
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b The War in Iraq By Chris Joseph Year 9 What were the negative effects of the US-led invasion of Iraq on the Iraqi people? The war in Iraq was costly‚ highly opposed and in the end‚ quite disastrous. It caused a humanitarian crisis in Iraq; there were serious political consequences‚ economic consequences‚ and the destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage and so it is difficult for anyone to justify whether or not the war was worth it. Humanitarian Crisis Figure A Iraqi Refugees
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Ragille J. Sims HIST 122 16 July 2013 Civil War War as we have come to know it‚ is a violent act practiced by two or more nations in order to achieve political objectives. Victory in war never comes without a great cost. When nations decide to go to war‚ they are risking their resources along with the lives of their citizens. What do political leaders tell their armies when they decide war is eminent? Or‚ is there even any need to explain to their troops why they need to pick up a rifle and fight
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The Trojan War: Myth or Reality? “Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle‚ but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter”. This quotation from Homer’s The Iliad comes from Hector‚ the strongest and longest standing trojan fighter‚ as he dies when fighting in the Trojan War. He speaks his desire to be remembered and praised as a hero‚ which Homer eventually made possible. Everyone has heard of the Trojan War‚ but not everyone agrees on whether it truly
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The Iraq War The Iraq war was an armed conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first was an invasion of Ba ’athist Iraq starting on 20 March 2003 by an invasion force led by the United States. It was followed by a longer phase of fighting‚ in which an insurgency emerged to oppose coalition forces and the newly formed Iraqi government. The U.S. completed its withdrawal of military personnel in December 2011. However‚ the Iraqi insurgency continues and caused thousands of fatalities
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The Trojan War has been regarded as one of the most recognized‚ noteworthy‚ and memorable wars (Stewart 20). Almost everyone has heard the story of the Greeks hiding in a big wooden horse to sneak into the great city of Troy‚ but did it really happen? The story was originally told by Homer‚ a great Greek poet‚ during a time when society considered everything he wrote to be absolute fact and regarded it like a history book (Stewart 20-21). In the 4th and 5th centuries‚ many Christian theorists became
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Peloponnesian War • The Peloponnesian War paved the way for the Macedonian takeover of Greece and Alexander the Great’s empire. Thucydides on the Causes of the Peloponnesian War “I think that the truest explanation (prophasis)‚ but the one that was least made public‚ was the growth of Athens’ power and the fear that this caused among the Spartans made war inevitable” “But the grounds of complaint (aitiai)‚ which where openly stated by each side and led them to break the peace and go to war were
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