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    Many a great warriors emerged throughout the course of human history‚ Spartans‚ Vikings‚ and Apache warriors. Throughout all of human history these warriors had glorious and heroic tales‚ however there was one that stood out vastly from the others: The Samurai. Samurai are noble warriors whom emerged during the Edo period of Japan‚ they first began as a hired guard for the rich‚ landholding nobles. The word “samurai” means “the one who serves” in the Japanese language‚ as more noble families appeared

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    Doon. Doon. Do-doon. Doom. Doon. Do-doon. It was dusk in the Ottawa tribe’s encampment. A steady drum was coming from the surrounding forest. A woma There had not been a meeting of the tribes in many generations.# “I will take you to him‚” a young warrior by the name of Chaytan#‚ newly turned‚ stands to lead the two messengers. The messengers confer‚ and nod towards D to show the way. D pulls a branch from the woman’s yet to be extinguished fire‚ and leads the toward the center of the clearing. “This

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    Athens. He believed in his people and through this speech he was able to get the people to be proud to be Athenians. Athenians were very proud of their city and its customs. They had a great deal of respect for the warrior class and believed they were top members of their society. Warriors were classified as heroes. The funeral oration was to respect the ones who had died in battle or after battle to build this city into what it had become and praise them for being so dedicated to defending their country

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    talking about how the Old English translation of Beowulf has actually caused a lot of misunderstanding because of everyone’s contemporary perceptions of the way it was in the past. She then goes on to talk about the warrior culture‚ which she refers it to being the things or traditions warriors would do such as ceremonies and burials. Webster then transitions to describing the different things about Heorot in the book Beowulf and it’s structure. After that‚ Webster covers the importance of weapons and

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    require and create invisible webs from promises and assurances that on the surface of it they sound satisfying. After that when “the fly” catches in them they take everything they can. Moreover if you consider them similar to warriors‚ Paulo Coelho’s belief that “ A good warrior pays attention to every step of his opponent.” supports the fact that using someone else’s tendency to be defeated is leading method in the political art. Politicians use nation’s qualities and abilities in order to gain their

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    there to represent the country. The shogun was the person who not only make and pass laws‚ but controlled finances and the daimyos. The daimyos were lords that controlled samurai‚ which were warrior protectors for wealthy land owners. Samurai followed a code of behavior called the Bushido‚ or the “way of the warrior”. The Bushido stated that samurai were to be brave‚ loyal and honorable. The wouldn’t complain when they received physical hardship‚ they did not fear death. If a samurai was defeated or

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    Anglo-Saxon period. * Paraphrase lines 264-279. : Beowulf talks about battling the monster with his bare hand & he states that it’s all in gods hand. * What does Beowulf ask of Hrothgar? : Shelter of warriors & his peoples loved friend. * What values and beliefs of warrior culture does Beowulf’s attitude reflect towards death? : He believes it’s control by god & that if it is his time then he will be called upon. * How does the “renaming’s” of Grendel in line 325 emphasize

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    Alexia Avouris Preliminary Ancient History: Assessment Task 2 Case Study 1: Entombed Warriors of Xian Part B: Research Essay KBU – 5/6/2012 Part B: Essay – What do the Entombed Warriors of Xian reveal about ancient Chinese culture? The Entombed Warriors of Xian have exposed an extensive wealth of information for historians reconstructing the intricate nature of ancient Chinese culture. Through the exploration and analysis of archaeological sources and written accounts‚ those studying the

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    their codes of conduct The first topic that i will be comparing and contrasting is the code of conduct. The code of conduct for the samurai was called the code of bushido. This code was highly based on honor so much so that if you were a warrior and committed a crime you would have to commit a ritual suicide called seppuku. Seppuku was when you would disembowel yourself and have your head cut off. Weirdly this was considered a honorable death. The knights code of chivalry was very different

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    "war of liberation". Organization and structure has since been central to warfare‚ as illustrated by the success of highly disciplined troops of the Roman empire. Endemic warfare is the state of continual‚ low-threshold warfare in a tribal warrior society. Endemic warfare is often highly ritualized to minimize fatalities‚ and plays an important funtion in assisting the formation of a social structure among the tribes’ males by proving themselves in battle". Typical actitivitieis associated

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