Turks were originally nomads‚ migrating about from place to place following a traditional route seeking for food and shelter. The Empire was then established‚ and the Ottoman Empire was named after Otman (Osman Ghazi). They hired men known as "mercenaries" to battle the Mongols which was led by Khan. Osman’s empire expanded quickly and significantly throughout the world‚ because of the ghazis. The term ghazi means a brave warrior. These people are willing to give their full strength expanding the
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of her social misconduct (Zhang). Defoe creatively modifies Moll’s moral‚ spiritual‚ and sexual thoughts‚ that would normally govern human behavior‚ into mercenary values. McMaster goes on to view Defoe as being detached from Moll; judging her and the social class that she represents. Defoe’s overall theme for Moll Flanders is that of mercenary values being placed above all others (McMaster). The narrator’s layout of Moll’s perspective to the reader of the story is based on the experiences of her
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period there was a moneyed class with leisure. Pursuit of sexual pleasure and money was the main concern of the people. Marriage was not just liked at as an institution for procreation or for providing stability to social life. It was seen as a mercenary venture. The Way of the World contains characters who resort to sexual innuendos and vulgar jokes. Humor and wit are the key ingredients of this play. The characters represent many aspects of the society of the time and the aristocracy in particular
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Honing his skills as a preacher‚ Zwingli publicly criticized the evils of his time. One of these evils was the mercenary system. This occupation was that any Swiss besides the Pope would go out and battle. Entire villages were hired for military service‚ mostly in the papal armies. Because some in the leaders in his congregation were carrying this system out‚ Zwingli was antagonized when he expressed his opposition. By now‚ Zwingli was willing to leave and accept the position of a preacher at Einsiedeln
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man who served both the North and the South‚ is plagued with his non-allegiance and failure to accept authority. When Ab comes into conflict with his employer‚ he finds himself taking control from the authority figure‚ and reverting back to his mercenary ways. Having no allegiance‚ Ab makes the move from helping hand to the enemy by burning down barns. Along with many of Faulkner’s short stories‚ "Barn Burning" is set in the imaginary Mississippi county of Yoknapatawpha. During the restoration
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value of marrying primarily for material comfort and mercenary motives‚ that is‚ accepting a suitor for prospective wealth and status. The introductory line of the novel “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” satirises the ambition of many women of the gentry class to marry a man of a wealthy fortune. I have used a hyperbole and absurd generalisation to challenge the mercenary motives of women in my contemporary society. This
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tactics‚ particularly those of the ecclesiastic and soldier Cesare Borgia‚ who was at that time engaged in enlarging his holdings in central Italy. From 1503 to 1506 Machiavelli reorganized the military defense of the republic of Florence. Although mercenary armies were common during this period‚ he preferred to rely on the conscription of native troops to ensure a permanent and patriotic defense of the commonwealth. In 1512‚ when the Medici‚ a Florentine family‚ regained power in Florence and the republic
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then Hannibal’s use of Numidian cavalry mercenaries should likewise suggest that Carthage had a feeble cavalry that was worthy of disbanding‚ just like Rome employing auxiliaries from neighboring Italy did. Additionally‚ Rome employed many non-citizen cavalry prior to Scipio Africanus’ use of the Numidians at the Battle of Zama in the Second Punic War. As mercenaries‚ compensation motivated temporary loyalty‚ which shifted easily and often. After Nola‚ “…272 troopers‚ Numidians and Spanish‚ deserted
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Some regard nineteenth century France to be the France of Napoléon Bonaparte and‚ in the same respect‚ it can be argued that ancien régime France was the France of Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu. Upon entering the French political arena‚ Richelieu was thrown amidst the struggles of international diplomacy‚ the devious schemes of the nobility‚ and the disgruntlement of the common people. Similarly‚ the unstable Florentine Italy which Niccòlo Machiavelli familiarized himself with led both these
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During Niccolỏ Machiavelli’s lifetime‚ Italy’s city-states were in turmoil‚ and he was extremely interested in the politics behind the chaos.1 Machiavelli advised principalities on the proper way to conduct themselves by using his study of human nature. His understanding of human greed‚ disloyalty‚ and predictability created a vision of politics that utilizes power for a prince to maintain stability. Machiavelli created power-politics‚ his vision of how to stabilize a principality‚ in The Prince
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