God of War: Redefining Hack and Slash The hack and slash genre of video games has been around for several years. The concept of endlessly going through level after level tearing countless waves of enemies apart has become a cultural phenomenon. After several years of the same repeated concepts‚ hack and slash started to lose its touch‚ until Sony released a redefined hack and slash that would change the genre forever. This new hack and slash was God of War. God of War was released in 2002 for
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Drug-Wars Op-Ed The war on drugs has failed throughout the world and countries globally have some sort of problem pertaining to narcotics and other drugs. The United States is on top of the list of countries for drug use and abuse of drugs. It got so terrible that forty years ago President at the time Richard Nixon declared the United States government ’s "War on Drugs‚" a campaign of prohibition and foreign military aid and military intervention. Having foreign countries participate in the "War
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Dogs have been an important part of fighting wars all throughout history. Their ability to detect enemies invading‚ smell out hazards such as bombs and landmines‚ and their loyalty to protect has made them a key element in fighting wars. According to the author Jane Desmond “the use of animals in war goes much farther back than WWI‚ and much farther forward too‚ and spans more species and places than we would expect. Elephants‚ camels‚ dogs‚ dolphins‚ sea lions and carrier pigeons have been used
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after he had sacked the famous town of Troy” (Homer/”The Odyssey”). The Trojan War was an essential part of Greece’s history and shaped the way that we comprehend Greek mythology. It paved the path of many Greek citizens’ lives and society. We always knew that Helen‚ Menelaus and Paris were crucial to Greece’s history and shaped the way for numerous stories such as Homer’s The Odyssey. Helen and Paris‚ impacted the Trojan War through their strong love‚ actions‚ and decisions. Although many people influenced
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speech‚ Obama said: “In today’s wars‚ many more civilians are killed than soldiers; the seeds of future conflict are sown”. In order to prevent or stop genocide‚ you must commit one‚ however‚ it leads to the occurrence of another genocide in the future. War always has a victor and a looser. Consequently‚ the losers will have an inner urge to take revenge‚ and the losers are mostly relatives of the civilians or soldiers who perished in war. Therefore‚ going to war is like to sow a seed and wait
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Punic Wars were 3 wars fought between Rome and Carthage that lasted from 264 to 146 B.C. The first Punic War lasted from 264-241 B.C. which was for 23 years. The second Punic War lasted 218-201 B.C.for 17 years. The third and final war lasted 49-146 B.C‚ for 3 years. The first Punic War was fought over the control of Sicily and the Western Mediterranean. Since Rome was very agricultural they had an interest in Carthage‚ which was controlled more by sea power. In the first part of the war‚ Rome
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Assess the extent to which Japanese foreign policy led to the Pacific war Japans foreign policy was initially a response to western intimidation however it soon took on its own imperialistic traits that were backed heavily by new found nationalism. It was this nationalism that altered the balance of Japanese foreign policy and triggered the start of the Pacific War. It was this in conjunction with the instilled military dominance of political Japan and the string of disappointing foreign policy
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The Trojan War: Myth or Reality? “Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle‚ but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter”. This quotation from Homer’s The Iliad comes from Hector‚ the strongest and longest standing trojan fighter‚ as he dies when fighting in the Trojan War. He speaks his desire to be remembered and praised as a hero‚ which Homer eventually made possible. Everyone has heard of the Trojan War‚ but not everyone agrees on whether it truly
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The Punic Wars The Punic Wars were a series of wars between Rome‚ the powerful empire‚ and Carthage‚ a quickly made and equally powerful superpower. In 264 BC‚ Rome and Carthage started the lengthy and devastating series of wars over who should have control over the strategic island of Sicily. Rome and Carthage were affected greatly because wars have their consequences‚ good or bad. A total of thirteen million people died over the course of these wars. The wars started with a single conflict‚ but
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grand design for peace “War never changes”‚ since our first ancestors discovered the power of rocks and bones‚ war has shaped our human civilization and changed it into an infernal cycle of death and destruction. The 21th century Man has not changed much compared to his caveman ancestor‚ he might be using more sophisticated devices to bring death and chaos‚ but he is still ignited by the same destructive flame. The human race has always based its development on war‚ from the Roman Empire to the
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