The body of the Christ formed a shape like the crossbow. Because the painting was commissioned by the crossbowman guild . In addition‚ the poses of the Christ and Virgin Mary were very similar. An indication of their close relationship‚ mother and son. The setting of this painting could also be found
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In the sixteenth century‚ the high renaissance is a period that focused on the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance. The high renaissance was known for a short period of exceptional artistic production in the Italian states‚ particularly Rome‚ capital of the Papal States‚ under Pope Julius ll. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ in Vinci‚ Italy. Leonardo was an Italian polymath who was well known as an artist who painted over 280 paintings. He was also known as a natural genius crossing
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Why was difficult to attack a castle? During the Medieval period‚ castle became important. These huge castles were mostly invented for defending the foreigner attacks. The castles were also the sin of the noble and royal power. Eventually‚ there were various kinds of castle‚ but most of the castles were used for protecting and defending during siege warfare. While the builders built these castles‚ they added much prevention structures to the castles‚ those preventions made the castles difficult
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Hernan Cortes‚ a fierce Spanish conquistador‚ landed at San Juan de Ulua‚ in April 1519. With him‚ Cortes had 508 soldiers‚ one hundred sailors‚ artillery cannons‚ eleven ships and sixteen horses. Cortes and his small army‚ marched through Mexico‚ forming alliances with Aztec rivals‚ until reaching the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the massive Mexican empire known as the Aztecs or Mexica. It had a population of 200‚000 people; almost three times that of the largest
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Rough Draft: Military Might: The Key to the Qin’s Unification of China A military official dressed in earthen armor and wielding a bronze knife was a common sight during the early days of the Qin Empire. During the Warring States Period (221-207 BCE) in China‚ the state of Qin’s militaristic and authoritarian government was integral to the rise of the Qin Dynasty. Through military might‚ the Qin defeated and conquered six other city states and established itself as China’s first empire. By establishing
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himself. Similarly Hardy uses the same technique to show how he was consumed in nature. His ballad ‘Overlooking the River Stour’ tells a story of how due to his obsession in nature he lost something close to him‚ his wife. The simile ‘like little crossbows animate The swallows flew in curves of eight’ in the first stanza‚ through the contrast of a swallow to a implement of battle that due to his fascination and obsession in nature these beautiful creatures have been turned into reasons
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The British used it to such great effect that there were those‚ including Benjamin Franklin‚ who questioned as to why the British would abandon the crossbow for firearms even in the year 1776. (Esper 382) David Niccole says that a longbow could fire approximately fifteen times a minute‚ which was far superior to firearms at the time. (Niccole 18)Froissart enumerates as to how the British expertise with
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outnumbered the Europeans‚ the dominance of the Europeans came after they brought infectious diseases that were unfamiliar to the natives that they had no immunities to which aided in their power as well as the resources or gunpowder‚ steel and crossbows. (AIU-Online‚ 2010) Because there are no real facts or evidence to why or how an entire group of people can disappear the possibilities seem endless. They could have been taken over by another group of people‚ or each other. Another way could be
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The Roman army was very mighty. Because of this they were able to expand their territory. At the height of their power they were able to conquer what we now call Wales‚ Spain‚ France‚ the Middle East‚ Greece‚ most of Germany‚ and the northern coast of Africa. Historians view the roman army as an extremely effective fighting machine. The lowest level soldier in the Roman army was a legionnaire. 5000 to 6000 legionnaires made up a legion. They were trained to fight in a disciplined and coordinated
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