1.The Samurai’s Tale By: Harutomo Murakami Houghton Mifflin Company Copyright @ 1984 215 Park Avenue New York‚ New York 234 Pages 2. Harutomo Murakami (Taro)- The hero of the story‚ the son of a poor samurai who died in battle Lord Akiyama Nobutomo- One of Lord Shingen’s generals‚ Taro’s master and friend. Lord Akiyama Nobutora- Father of Lord Akiyama Nobutomo Lord Oda Nobunaga- Lord Takeda Shingen’s rival and enemy. Lord Oda Nobutada- Son of Lord Oda Nobunaga Lord Takeda Katsuyori-
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PRE-INTERVIEW LANGUAGE AWARENESS TASK A. STRUCTURES 1. Give an example of each of the following tenses (1 sentence each) Present simple The earth orbits the sun. Present continuous I am preparing my exam. Past simple Underground staff went on strike last Monday. Past continuous I was reading while he was watching television. Present perfect simple I have completed my dissertation successfully. Present perfect continuous I have been working at the school since 2008. Present
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The Mexican American War lasted for 2 years and this marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. The U.S. president at that time was James K. Polk had a believed that the United States manifest destiny is to spread across the world. There were a lot of U.S. victories around a border skirmish along the Rio Grande. Mexico lost about one third of its territory that include California‚ Utah‚ Nevada‚ Arizona and New Mexico (Mexican-American War‚ N/A). Mexico Severed relations
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Winston Churchill was a talented man; he had a very interesting early life with his family and education. His careers were short from going to military to a civilian world to the government. He ended his career with a pretty good end until he started getting ill. The British Prime Minister had a very long and eventful life full of adventure. Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born to an aristocrat family on November 30‚ 1874. As his life unfolded‚ he displayed the traits on his father‚ Lord
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Catherine De’ Medici was born on April 13th‚ 1519 in Florence‚ Italy. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de’ Medici II and Madeleine de la Tour d’Auvergne but was orphaned in less than a month from both parents dying from syphilis. She was served as Duchess of Urbino‚ Queen of France‚ Regent of France (for all three sons)‚ and was a huge source in the Medici family. Catherine de’ Medici was the most famous and influential woman of the Medici family. After her parents death‚ Pope Leo X and future Pope
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After the death of Murad II‚ his son succeeded to the throne at the age of nineteen and vowed to his father that he will conquer Constantinople in order to surpass the glory that all his ancestors had. On the 30th of June 1453‚ “He seized the city by force of arms‚ killed the emperor of Constantinople‚ cut off the heads of many noble‚ gave the entire city over to plunder‚ and cruelly tortured many”‚ stated by the Letter of the Knights of St. John on Rhodes found on: https://apps.carleton.edu/cur
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Heinrich Schliemann By Tia-Rose Shaw INTRODUCTION Heinrich Schliemann used his beliefs in a ’fiction’ book called The Iliad and The Odyssey by Home. Schliemann used these books as guides to assist with his discoveries. These books later on proved to have some historical truth in them. SOURCES Schliemann was fascinated by the story his dad had told him about the city of troy when he was a little boy. Schliemann said that this awoke the hunger in him to search for archaeological proof of the
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because the fact that they had stored all this grain in jars indicates that they were seeking fortrice behind these walls. And if they were seeking fortrace‚ generally that indicates there is a siege about to take place. And the fact that all of the many jars they found were FULL‚ means that this siege must have been quite short‚ because according to the archaeologist Bryant Wood‚ “A heavily fortified city with an abundant supply of food and water would normally take many months‚ even years‚ to
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“Spite -- the urge to punish‚ hurt‚ humiliate or harass another‚ even when one gains no obvious benefit and may well pay a cost.” (Angier‚ 2014‚ p. 1‚ para. 3) In the epic poem The Iliad by Homer there are numerous allegories that revolve around the actions and consequences that men take in hopes to gain honour and glory. Two primary characters that do this are Achilles the greatest warrior of the ancient world‚ and Agamemnon the king of Mycenae. In The Iliad Achilles and Agamemnon are both fuelled
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Medieval Castles Assignment Part A- Explanation The Medieval period was a time from 650CE until 1550CE that occurred after the fall of Rome in 476CE and if often known as the darkest and bloodiest period in history in which castles were established. Survival in the Middle Ages was based on power and your social standing which is why castles were introduced. After William the Conqueror defeated the English in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 he introduced castles to help defend the land he had conquered
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