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Was The Trojan War Just? The Trojan War was a Greek mythological war waged on account of the beautiful Helen‚ wife of the Spartan king Menelaus‚ being stolen from Greece by Paris‚ Prince of Troy. It is one of the most important‚ if not the most important‚ event in Greek mythology. The dispute originated from a quarrel between three goddesses‚ Athena‚ Hera‚ and Aphrodite. They were fighting to see who was the fairest among them. They were sent by Zeus to Paris in order for him to judge them
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The Persian Wars were wars that were fought by Greek States and Persia over almost half a century. The Persian Wars started from two conflicts that occurred between 490 and 479 B.C.E and set against the Persian Empire against the Greek city-states. The conflict began after Athens and Eretria helped the Ionians in their revolution against Persia. The first Persian War was the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. The Persians sailed down the coast of Greece and landed at the bay of Marathon‚ about
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THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR - the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was perhaps the first national war in Europe - after Norman conquest England was a rising power‚ strong monarchy‚ no involvement in conflicts‚ - English knights began rob their continental neighbours; simply because they were more powerful - the fact that Edward III and Henry V had genealogical claims to the French throne was but an explanation for robbing - the war was not a result of dynastic ambitions but a national matter‚
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If war is necessary‚ it is a necessary evil. Its evil is sometimes concealed for a time by its glamour and excitement but when war is seen in its reality‚ there is a little glory about it. At its best‚ it is hideous calamity. It brings in awful loss of life. In recent great wars‚ millions of men‚ women and children were killed‚ many died of diseases‚ famines and untold sufferings. A war generally sweeps away the strongest and best men of a country and leaves the aged‚ the weak and the unfit to carry
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Not many people are fans of wars; nobody wins until years after the war begins and countless lives are lost. Fathers and Mothers have to bury their sons when they should be buried by their son or daughter; not the other way around. The consequences of war can be felt and seen all throughout the world today. Many Soldiers‚ families of soldiers and the trained dogs that are there to help the soldiers are coming out of war with PTSD and other mental health issues that can impede their lives. How can
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Despite the total victory and unconditional surrender in the recent World War II‚ the Korean War was not along the same lines whatsoever. The Korean War began when the North and South were divided at the 38th parallel; suddenly‚ the Communist North invaded the south and most of it was consumed except for a final southernmost city. There‚ General MacArthur was sent my President Truman to Korea for a “police action.” With U.N advancements up near the Chinese-Korean border‚ the Chinese sent their
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9-711-462 REV: MAY 26‚ 2011 DAVID B. YOFFIE RENEE KIM Cola Wars Conti inue: Coke an Peps in 201 C nd si 10 Fo more than a century‚ Co and Pepsi vied for “th or oke hroat share” o the world’s beverage m of s market. The most intense battles in the so-called col wars were fought over the $74 billio carbonated soft m b la e on drink (CSD) indus stry in the Un nited States.1 In a “carefu ully waged co ompetitive str ruggle” that l lasted from 1975 through the mid-199
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feet into the air‚ after the second atomic bomb ever used in warfare explodes over the Japanese port and town of Nagasaki‚ in this August 9‚ 1945 file photo. If a nuclear war were to start today there will be no victor‚ no vanquished. On August 6‚ 1945‚ the first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ creating a new war paradigm — destroying an entire city. On August 9‚ the second atom bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki. Tens of thousands of unarmed citizens‚ irrespective of gender‚ region and
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finding however was no where near enough evidence to laitamize the Trojan War. In spite of these discoveries proving that Troy existed‚ the actualities of the fabeled War were still waiting to be reckoned with. The Problem with people accepting Homers account of a Trojan War is because of the additions and interjectins in the epic. Cyclops and mermaids certainly did not exist. On top of the mythical creatures Homers account of the war contains many unlikely events such as the famous wooden horse. After
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