stemmed from his involvement in the Punic Wars. The tactics he employed and the threat he posed to Rome‚ led to changes in their military and magistracies and his influence in Carthage was to oversee it becoming “energetically outward-looking… constantly evolving and… more and more attuned to Hellenistic Greek civilization (Hoyos‚ 2008). Hannibal’s influence came as a result of his involvement in the Punic Wars. The question of whether the Second Punic War was of Hannibal’s making is debated
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247 B.C. and from an earlier age‚ he was taught by his father‚ who was also a Carthaginian general‚ to hate the Romans. Hannibal‚ at the age of 26‚ attacked Sagunto Spain with the army he was given. This was the invasion that started the second Punic War. Hannibal took an army of over 100‚00 men with him and 37 elephants with him over the Pyrenees and Alps. This long journey covered over 1‚000 miles. Hannibal
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the 2nd Punic War. Therefore‚ we will be focusing on the time period starting from 500 BC till the end of the 2nd Punic War (202 BC). Under Commerce‚ we are focusing on international trade (trade between The Carthage Empire‚ North Africa and other cities of the Iberian Peninsula) and how it became an international metropolis due to its strategic location near the Mediterranean trade routes. Under Conflict‚ we are focusing on military (advanced navy) and territorial expansion (Punic Wars). We will
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spread of education. Prior to the Opium Wars‚ imperial China lacked the proper ideology and infrastructure needed to successfully compete with the Western world‚ resulting in the “Century of Humiliation”‚ or the period of intervention and imperialism by foreign powers. Consequently‚ the imperial Qing court made numerous reforms in industry and education through the Self-Strengthening Movement to contend with the foreign powers and regain sovereignty. The Opium Wars‚ and the resulting Self-Strengthening
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were there three Opium Wars in China during the 19th century? The Opium Wars were a series of three wars between the Chinese and the British; primarily fought in regard to the illegal trade of opium in China during the 19th century. They manifested the conflicting natures of both nations and demonstrated China’s misconceptions of its own superiority. The Opium Wars resulted in the humiliating defeat of the Chinese to a country they considered to be "barbarians". There were many problems with
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their stories. During what is generally referred to as the “post-modern” literary movement‚ which is usually considered to be from after the Second World War until present day‚ an obvious subject is the Vietnam War. There have been many different interpretations of this event through the years. Many of the big writers who covered the Vietnam War had different ways of telling the story but the most successful ones told the stories subjectively rather than objectively. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They
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The Vietnam War Vietnam is a small country to the south of China (’Vietnamese’ means "non-Chinese people of the south"). In 111 BC‚ Vietnam became part of the Chinese Empire. For the next thousand years Vietnam struggled to gain its independence from its much larger neighbour. This was achieved in 938 AD. The long period of Chinese rule had left its mark on Vietnam. The language‚ religion‚ architecture‚ system of government and most other aspects of Vietnamese life‚ reflected the influence of the
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SMC civilization historical Terms that are up on the board you need to know the ones crossed out you don’t need to know but should be in the notes. Mediterranean world- BCE=BC CE=AD Hellenistic period starts with alexander the great conquering the east Mediterranean everyone learns Greek (kione/ common) Greek is common culture . Roman republic takes over Mediterranean and adopt the Greek culture during the 700 year period Europe Africa and Asia are more connected than they will be until the 20th
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Barca was one full of controversy‚ excitement‚ and great accomplishments. As a leader during the Punic Wars‚ a war fought between Rome and Carthage‚ he was faced with a multitude of tough decisions. His journey began at the young age of ten when his father‚ Hamilcar another great Carthaginian general‚ took him to Iberia and introduced him to the world of war. He was a child who had “grown up with war” (Hannibal‚ Clifford W. Mills) and in a time when it signified respect he became hungry to live up
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Elephants in War: Was Hannibal’s Reliance on Elephants in his armies Directly Related to the Fall of Carthage to Rome in the Second Punic War? By: Cameron McCurdy History Saint John High school February 23‚ 2014 Candidate: 000320 0014 Advisor: Ms Maryanne Lewell Word Count: 3055 Abstract: This essay‚ which examines all the available evidence for Hannibal ’s use of elephants in the Second Punic War‚ refutes the contention that Hannibal was
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