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    The Tokugawa Period

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    INTRODUCTION The Tokugawa period was in between 1603 – 1868. The time of peace and order in feudal japan was c.1400-1860. The subjects I will talking about are artisans‚ rōnin‚ merchants and daimyo. ARTISANS During the Middle Ages‚ the word artisan was applied to those who made stuff or provided tasks other people could not do. It did not apply to unskilled manual labourers. Artisans were divided into 2 very distinct groups: those who operated their very own businesses and those who did not

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    Hero Definition

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    Hero What is the true definition of a hero? It seems to vary from person to person. Does one wear funny tight pants‚ or is he clever‚ like a fox? I feel that none of that is true. A hero can be strong or smart. One may be inspiring‚ or even just a mercenary who does something great for another person. The thing is is that one may even be an ordinary person‚ doing an extraordinary action. A hero is one who will show courage and perseverance even when the odds are against them to inspire the people of

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    qImagine you are sleeping away in an apartment on the main road of Concord Massachusetts. You wake up to a ton of yelling. So you go downstairs grab your musket and run outside. Then you look down the road and you see hundreds of redcoats marching forward. But then you see a line of colonist with muskets walk out and block the entrance. The regulars start to tell them to turn around and go back home. They started to turn around and then someone fires a shot and a British soldier drops. That was what

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    The environments surrounding has a huge effect on the culture of the greater number of inhabitants. The indigenous scenery‚ which is holds an abundant amount of natural resources‚ is in a state of transition and the way the landscape is treated‚ directly relates to greed‚ narcism within the society‚ violence in a highly numbers populated area‚ particularly from developed countries. In Joseph Conrad’s book Heart of Darkness ‚ Conrad represents the decay of the indigenous scenery as a metaphor to the

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    When Rainclouds Gather

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    “temper” and Dinorego believes that this wil one day cause his death. He accuses Makhaya of being cowardly and “running after his master‚ the white man.” He is bigot. He had a heart attack when he heard that Makhaya got his residence permit. He is a mercenary. He disliked it when the villagers showed independence; selling meat‚ growing crops and drying tobacco to make money. The villagers did not want to harm their chief‚ Chief Matenje. Chief Matenje was afraid when he saw the villagers in his yard. He

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    The First Crusade

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    the Battle of Manzikert in Asia Minor. The Byzantines were slaughtered and it would not be long until the Seljuk Turks closed in on Constantinople. Byzantium’s only hope rested on the shoulders of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus who quickly raised a mercenary army to help protect Byzantium. Alexius knew‚ however‚ that this army would not be enough to hold off the Turks‚ and going against his will‚ sent for help from the pope in Western Europe. The choice to ask for help from Western Europe was not a

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    The Medici Family Notes

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    The Medici Family The Medici family - controlled Florence throughout much of the Renaissance The Medici are the first princely dynasty to win their status not by warfare‚ marriage or inheritance but through commerce. They come to Florence in the 12th century from the nearby countryside. Their ancestral home is in the Mugello valley. During the next two centuries the family‚ amassing a fortune through banking and trade‚ begins also to play a prominent part in Florence’s political life. As yet

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    Zombie Invasion

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    laws‚ and anything civil would no longer have a purpose. The world would be a survival zone‚ loaded with a variety of different safe houses and plantations where normal living is still maintained under guarded gates. They’d be protected by armed mercenaries prepared for a situation comparable to Normandy. Crime would no longer be a term‚ as grocery stores and shopping malls loaded with goodies for hungry survivors were flooded. Fights between the short tempered would seem common or almost regular

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    Xiang Wei Feudalism‚ as a decentralized political system‚ flourished in Medieval Europe. In this essay‚ the main political and economic characteristics of Feudalism will be mentioned‚ while discussing the main historical factors to the rise and fall of feudalism. The rise of Feudalism was a direct result of insecurity that caused by several significant historical factors. At first‚ the collapse of Roman Empire that led to prolonged unrest and power struggles was essentially a reason for why Europe

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    the mission

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    Guaraní community to Christianity. The community above the dangerous Iguazu Falls has tied a priest to a cross and sent him over the falls to his death. Father Gabriel then goes and climbs a waterfall and is captivated but miraculously is let go. Mercenary and slaver Robert De Niro who plays Rodrigo Mendoza makes his living kidnapping natives and selling them to nearby plantations‚ including the plantation of the Spanish Governor Don Cabeza. Mendoza finds his fiancée and his younger half-brother Felipe

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