The Pike was a revolutionary weapon in the Medieval Ages all the way up to the 18th century‚ they were effective against all types of infantry and were very deadly when units of pike men assembled in specific formations. The pike consisted of a sharp spike blade mounted on the end of a wooden shaft‚ known as the pike staff. The pike staff could measure anywhere from 10 to 14 feet and weighed anywhere from five to ten pounds‚ with a mounted steel head. As the years passed the length of the pikestaff
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the history of mankind‚ the dependence on weapons was highly sought after. From swords to guns‚ weaponry has progressed throughout the ages with each war fought. No other war has seen more advances in weaponry than World War II. Many of those advances made this war focused on artillery‚ land vehicles‚ naval ships and aircraft. These advances‚ although beneficial‚ have also led to more bloodshed on the battlefield because they can do a lot more damage than their previous versions. Understanding these
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Bekah Mele Mrs. B P: 1/ English 9 Why Count Paris Would Be a Better Husband than Romeo. For Juliet‚ Romeo was not the only man in her life. There was another man who wanted to marry the young Capulet. This man was Count Paris. Count Paris was a rich noble kinsman of the prince and much more settled than Romeo. The Capulets loved Paris more than Romeo which would leave no stress on family problems. Paris and Juliet could have been public about their marriage which was a luxury that Romeo and
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In “Could You Live with Less”‚ Stephanie Mills states her reason of rejecting the use of advanced technologies. As a freelance writer with unstable income‚ she can only afford the technologies just for her basic need. She is proud to live with a simple life without technologies dominating it. She enjoys doing things with her efforts‚ for example splitting firewood in the wintertime. Her knowledge that technology brings damages to planet and most of its people‚ and the influence of others who are
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GAYOLA‚ Brent Julian S. BSCS-CS I-1 What Would You Do No.4 You are the CFO of a sporting goods manufacturer and distributor. Your firm has annual sales exceeding $500 million‚ with roughly 25 percent of your sales coming from online purchases. Today your firm’s Web site was not operational for about an hour. The IT group informed you that the site was the target of a distributed denial-of-service attack. You are shocked by an anonymous call later in the day in which a man tells you that your site will
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their finger tips and through merely the press of a button. Since then‚ there is a lack of creative and communicative skills among the people all around the globe. Do you agree that people in the last few decades were more creative than now? In my point of view‚ I would agree that people in the last few decades were more creative than people in this current generation. First and foremost‚ there is lack of creative thinking in the generations nowadays.What is creativity? Creativity can be defined
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New weapons that changed the way of the samurai A Samurai Sword symbolizes and means the Samurai’s prestige and his skills in battle. It is a measure of his stature in society. To all samurai it’s their prize possession and it is worn proudly by its master – until the teppō was introduced. The samurai considered it as dishonorable to tradition. This changed the way samurai fight and changed their view to samurai swords. The teppō is an example of a weapon that changed the way of samurai –
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mad and economy will be badly affected.If there is no maths‚we cannot do anything in our life.Maths is the only thing which developes our mind and which teaches to reach our goal.Maths teaches us to utilize our resourses with lesser and lesser wastage of efforts.Its maths which allows human mind to plan the concept of development.Today man has reached on the moon and even it is planning to look beyond the sun‚do you think it would have been possible without the knowledge of 1 + 1 =2.All mathematical
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Should the Use of Autonomous Weapons in the Military be Banned? Introduction Autonomous weapons or robots designed to kill humans are not a far-fetched idea in science fiction. Semi-autonomous missile systems that automatically target and destroy hostile ships with minimal human intervention are already in development [1]. Automatic weapons defense systems are already in use by numerous countries [2]. Combined with advanced artificial intelligence‚ autonomous weapons have the capability to inflict
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What would you do if you won $500‚000? If you won $500‚000 in the lottery‚ what would you spend it on? There are a lot of different ways that people would choose to spend this money. Some people would choose to spend it on themselves‚ others would choose to give it all away to charity. The way I would spend it would be a mixture of the two. (67) First‚ I would take $250‚000 and put it in the bank. If it is in the bank for a while‚ it will draw around four to five thousand dollars in interest
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