Indiana Jones carried a whip. Luke Skywalker had a light saber. Robin Hood— he had a longbow. Well my name’s Palladus‚ and I am one of King Arthur’s Knights. I carry the mighty energy sword. With it‚ I wield a weapon of mass destruction. It’s no ordinary sword‚ no it’s sword that can cut through diamond‚ it can also charge up energy particles and fire them at my foes. I am one of the five elite‚ Legend Knights. The others are Pearo‚ Shelton‚ Lacy‚ and Thortus. We each carry and energy weapon. Pearo
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Bibliography Contamine‚ Philippe. War in the Middle Ages. New York: B.Blackwell‚ 1984. Honig‚ Jan Willem. “Reappraising Late Medieval Strategy.” War in History 19 (2012): 123-151. Accessed September 26‚ 2013 on Academic One File. Keen‚ Maurice. Medieval Warfare: a history. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1999. Mortimer‚ Ian. “What Hundred Years War?.” History Today 59 (2009): 27-33. Accessed September 16‚ 2013 on JSTOR. “The Sack of Limoges: On warfare without chivalry” in Sources
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self-preservation he became an expert in fighting with his hands‚ either bare or with a stick and a bladed weapon. Even before the introduction of the bladed weapon‚ the early Filipinos were already a fighting people using the bow and arrow or the longbow. The primitive Negritos‚ coming from Central Asia during prehistoric times‚ were experts in these weapons. Arnis de mano is the best known and the most systematic fighting art in the Philippines. It is a perfected art after a long historical development
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Despite the film’s historical inaccuracies‚ it was entertaining because of its ability to oversimplify the plot and its focus on the romance and action of the period. Similar to the first film‚ Cate Blanchett perfectly embodies regal Queen Elizabeth and is attired in splendid costumes that drew my eye almost more than the scene itself. However‚ I couldn’t get over the fact that in order to promote the romantic angle of the plot‚ that Elizabeth appears to be and acts like a woman of 30 years instead
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How did the governments in ancient times maintain order in society? Over 1000 years ago two societies on opposite sides of the globe adopted a system called Feudalism to maintain order. In both places warriors defended the land of wealthy landowners. In Europe the warriors were called Knights‚ and in Japan they were known as Samurais. Does this make Knights and Samurais the same? After reading the DBQ is clear that Samurai and Knights have more differences than similarities. For example‚ some major
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To what extent did the Hyksos occupation of Egypt influence the development of early New Kingdom Egypt. Introduction: The Hyksos invaded and occupied Egypt from the 15th - 17th dynasties known as the second intermediate period‚ before their eventual defeat by the Egyptians which started the 18th dynasty. The Hyksos were highly important to the development of New Kingdom Egypt With several new technologies brought it by the Hyksos‚ e.g. smaller‚ quicker horse drawn chariots‚ composite bow etc
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true characteristic of Odysseus as an epic hero more than everything else. His indications in all that he prepares and speaks. Odysseus never back down from a battle or a task that he must go through. His ability in fighting and shooting the longbow and arrow was pretty amazing‚ but still they had zero skills on his ability to outsmart people and beasts. No matter what situation he came across he could continually be one stage headfirst of the next fellow. He retained his levelheadedness
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minor differences in their armor had to do with their respective weapons. For example‚ samerai used bows‚ and therefore did not have any protection on their drawing armor. However‚ it was beneath a knight to use a shortbow‚ and instead they used longbows. This deadly weapon called for thicker armor‚ covering knights from head to toe. The only problem was that the armor was to heavy to stand up in if one fell of his horse (document D). The training stages were also very similar‚ as were the processes
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The signing of the Magna Carta‚ the thousands of dead in a result of the Bubonic Plague‚ and the advancements in weaponry and battle tactic; each event played a role in the decline of feudalism. They each disrupted the social‚ economic‚ and political aspects of medieval Europe. One event that contributed to the decline of feudalism was King John’s signing of the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta‚ also known as the Great Charter‚ was a document that stated the laws and liberties that the serfs demanded
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Reader Response The novel The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien is set in a fanciful world filled with strange creatures and magical happenings‚ but not everything is so unlike our world. Many of the characters change over the course of the story‚ just as we do over the course of our lives. Frodo‚ the main character and the carrier of the magical ring‚ is part of the mythical race of Hobbits‚ yet he is remarkably human. He has the
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