of punishment‚ such as boiling their warriors‚ showed clear evidence of barbaric activity. While using those cruel methods they also had intelligent ways of biological warfare such as catapulting plague ridden bodies over the walls of Caffa at the Siege of 1346. While many of their actions were truly barbaric‚ they were very successful in conquering most of China. Although they were most definitely not heroes‚ they were much more successful in war and conquering seeing that they conquered more land
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debate was centered on the Jewish Law‚ customs‚ and how it was to be taught now versus Paul’s version. It was decided‚ and more or less agreed‚ Paul would minister to the Gentiles and St. Peter (a gentleman’s agreement)‚ and the other apostles in Jerusalem would minister to the Jewish converts. James‚ the brother of Jesus‚ likely wrote his book of ‘James’ between 49 A.D.–50 A.D. I would recommend reading the short book of James and learning how he interpreted his personal theology of ‘Christ and
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Abstract This essay seeks to definitively answer if contents from the Holy Bible condemn Homosexuality. Within the essay is a clear definition of homosexuality and the debate between Conservative Christians and Liberal Christians about the answer. Biblical verses and passages are analyzed from a Conservative and Liberal point of view‚ including Genesis 1:27-28 (the passage concerning God’s command to Adam and Eve to “be fruitful and multiply”)‚ and Genesis 19 (the passage surrounding a possibly
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Napoleon’s Mistakes The Peninsular War Up rise in Europe King Charles IV of Spain King Charles IV of Spain In the peninsular war when napoleon was fighting the Allied forces which consisted of the Spanish‚ United Kingdom‚ and Portugal. They were fighting over who would get control of the Iberian Peninsula. This first started since Napoleon crossed into Spain to invade Portugal‚ he wanted to control Portugal since it was next to the ocean and would be an important port for trade. At first the
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the Holocaust. In 1948 the Jews made up 33% of the population of Palestine‚ and owned only 5% of the land. The UN then later voted to split Palestine 55% for the Jews and 45% for the Palestinians to establish a Jewish and Arab States while keeping Jerusalem an internationally controlled area. On November 30th‚ 1947 war officially broke out between the two groups. The Palestinians were defeated and depopulated by the overpowered Israeli force. This sparked the beginning of a greater Israel-Palestine
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Greek and Latin libraries but outside noise of the city including the: sewers‚ shops and brothels would have continued to make its way into the temple. It was a place for Vespasian to show collections of art and sculptures in the courtyard from Jerusalem and the empire as well as a statue of the Nile with his sixteen children made of basinite and most likely commissioned by Vespasian. The temple garden contained plants from around the known world. The temple was also an important cult center. The
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The Medieval Ballista was a crossbow like weapon used during siege warfare. The word Ballista comes from the Greek word “Ballistes” which means “to throw”. The Ballista was a valuable siege attack weapon. The Ballista worked by using tension. It was designed to fire huge wooden‚ iron clad‚ darts or arrows which were powered by coils of hair‚ rope‚ or sinew. The tension in the coils helps launch the projectiles with enough force to give them great penetration through enemy walls or people. Ballista’s
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IS CHARTER CHANGE CONSIDERED THE BEST SOLUTION TO ZAMBOANGA SIEGE? CHARTER CHANGE or popularly known as “cha-cha” was already suggested to the Philippine government few years ago but the senate did not approve it after due deliberation. They said‚ it is not the answer to the crisis being faced by neither the Philippines nor the siege in Zamboanga. Misuari‚ now 71‚ may have lost the support and sympathy of the majority of the Muslim Filipinos. In a recent editorial on its website‚ luwaran.com‚
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news delivered by the pope is that Islamic forces have invaded Jerusalem and converted the churches into mosques. The Pope was distraught that the Christians’ sacred Jerusalem was just taken by the Turks and they did not do anything about it. Pope Urban II frowned upon the Turks as pagans. He calls them “enemies of God… whose hearts are not steadfast with God.” He also accuses them of enslaving and murdering the Christians. Jerusalem‚ an equally holy place to the Christian and Islamic worlds was
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one of the holiest sites in Christendom. It is revered as the path that was taken by Jesus carrying the cross from his site of condemnation to his site of crucifixion and burial. It is a traditional pilgrimage route located within the old city of Jerusalem. The route became famous since early Christianity and people have been following Jesus steps since the middle of 4th Century AD. The Way of The Cross consists of fourteen stations: nine of them are located along the route and the five other can be
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