The period of the Middle Ages is widely known amongst the people of the modern day. Told as a time of knights and castles‚ codes of chivalry‚ massive battles with bows and armored men with swords‚ kings and queens and royals ruling over the peasant class‚ and sometimes‚ even dragons and other folklore. Many have heard tales of King Arthur and the legendary Knights of the Round Table‚ or the popular and supported thievery of Robin Hood. However‚ what isn’t told on the same scale is how these feudal
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Italy‚ Sicily‚ northwestern Africa‚ and southern Spain were brought back under imperial control by the military victories of A. Theodora B. Belisarius C. Basil II D. Charlemagne Constantinople withstood sieges in 674-678 and 717-718 by A. The Sasanids B. The Gauls C. The Russians D. Arabic forces One of the causes of Byzantine resurgence was the political innovation wherein a general was given military and civil control over an imperial province or A
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military innovations. The Assyrians for the first time‚ on a large scale‚ armed their army in iron‚ introduced large‚ organized use of horsemen‚ descent troops and sapper units. The army was commanded by professional officers and military staff. Assyrian siege art‚ for hundreds of years‚ was the best in the world and the Assyrian logistics‚ until the Roman Empire‚ was the most advanced in the world. The Assyrians launched the construction of military roads‚ built great military warehouses and also divided
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Before and After the Alamo The purpose of this paper is to explain the Alamo’s origin‚ history and enduring legacy. Today the Alamo is a historical sight located in San Antonio‚ Texas. Each year thousands of people visit the Alamo to learn more about what truly happened at the battle of the Alamo. The Texans had one goal and that was to establish the independent state of Texas. On the other hand‚ Mexico also wanted to expand their land as well. In 1835‚ Mexico wanted dictatorship over Antonio Lopez
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was discovered there by Odysseus‚ who persuaded him to go to Troy One of Lycomedes’ daughters‚ Deidamia‚ bore Achilles a son‚ Neoptolemus. According to Homer‚ Achilles came to Troy leading the 50 ships of the Myrmidons. In the last year of the siege‚ when Agamemnon stole the captive princess Briseis from
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Deforestation of South-East Asia The effects deforestation is having on south-east Asia are dizzying. Rapid development since the siege of Khe-Sanh in Vietnam (1968) and surrounding nations of the Mekong region has caused widespread destruction of their forests. Many of these areas are switching trees for coffee bushes‚ threatening the extraordinary biodiversity that holds around 1‚700 different species. These trees are cut down for the furniture export market. Also‚ forests are being wiped out
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How Barbaric were the Mongols The Mongols were very barbaric‚ their reputation was not pretty‚ they slaughtered entire cities and left one person alive so they could tell the terrible story. North China Genghis Khan’s first serious target was North China‚ their army of 200‚000 rode east. Numerous cities felt Mongol brutality. Slaughter was so great‚ streets were greasy of human fat and flesh. Russia and Eastern Europe In 1227 Genghis Khan died‚ so one of his four sons took over. After a long
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evidence to support or disprove the many theories that evolve around Troy. Between the book and the film there are a wealth of differences‚ and similarities only lie in the basic‚ undisputed ideas. "The Iliad" begins in the ninth year of the ten year siege of the Greeks upon Troy‚ whereas the movie shows Paris taking Helen away from Troy angering Menelaus in the process. The Greeks sail across the Aegean Sea (in ships of a questionable eighth century design www.archaeology.org/onlinereviews/troy) for
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Why did Britain maintain most of its empire at the conclusion of the War for American Independence‚ while the end of the Peloponnesian War resulted in the destruction of the Athenian Empire? Steven Pressfield the author of The War of Art says "the principle of priority States (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important and (b) you must do what’s important first." Prioritization‚ this is what Britain did to maintain its power during the end of the American Revolutionary
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When you hear the name of one of the great civilization of all time‚ The Aztecs‚ what comes to mind? Is it their most famous leader‚ Montezuma‚ or the man who defeated and conquered them‚ Hernán Cortés? The Aztec’s‚ a Native American civilization from Mexico‚ attitude toward the invading Spaniards had change through the course of interaction with them. For example‚ the first group of people Montezuma were in awe because they believe that the conquistadores were God sent. As Montezuma sent more and
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