Barca was one full of controversy‚ excitement‚ and great accomplishments. As a leader during the Punic Wars‚ a war fought between Rome and Carthage‚ he was faced with a multitude of tough decisions. His journey began at the young age of ten when his father‚ Hamilcar another great Carthaginian general‚ took him to Iberia and introduced him to the world of war. He was a child who had “grown up with war” (Hannibal‚ Clifford W. Mills) and in a time when it signified respect he became hungry to live up
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trade‚ so therefore it is only partially Britains fault. The "Opium War" also known as the Anglo-Chinese war began in 1839. It started as a conflict over trading between Britain and China. China was refusing to trade because they didn’t need anything. Eventually the British were able to trade opium on the black market. China did nearly everything to stop the opium being traded but nothing could stop it. This eventually caused the war. Was Britain Completely in the wrong? No. Although they were the ones
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The Opium War in the year 1839 to 1856 changed China’s trade policy with other countries especially with the British. The Opium War was a major turning point for China affecting a great number of their population of 400 million. China changed from being self-sufficient to being forced to sign the Nanking and Tientsin treaties with the British and the French. Due to China’s overconfidence and unwelcome attitude toward foreigners and opium‚ it caused the British to declare the Opium War against China
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The Second Opium War (1856 - 1860) Despite Treaty of Nanjing and following treaties‚ imperialistic countries wanted more privilege and opened ports. In 1856‚ Qing officials boarded Arrow‚ a Chinese-owned ship which was registered in Hong Kong and suspected of piracy and smuggling‚ and arrested its crews. British officials in Canton asked Chinese government to release sailors because the ship was registered in Hong Kong‚ a British territory. Moreover‚ British government insisted that
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Polybius Polybius was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period born in Megalopolis‚ Arcadia (200-118 B.C). He was the son of Lycortas‚ also a Greek Politician who became the Cavalry commander of the Achaean league (a Hellenistic period of alliance between Greek city states on the northern and central Peloponnese). The Achaean league existed between 280 and 146 B.C‚ and at that time Polybius was also a member of the Achaean league in which he spent trying to maintain the independence of Macedonia
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The Opium War‚ the Taiping Rebellion‚ and the Indian Rebellion all had many issues with government‚ society‚ economy‚ and the citizens. Also‚ all three had leaders that wanted a change. The three wars and rebellions had a very large amount of deaths‚ damage to citizens‚ lack of money‚ and a forever memory of these horrible events. Leaders like Lin Zexu‚ Hong Xiuquan‚ and Guofan all demanded a change‚ whether it failed or not. The Chinese had many problems leading in the government‚ society‚ and
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job was to protect the city of Carthage. Even though Hannibal’s mother was unknown‚ his father Hamilcar‚ a former military leader‚ taught Hannibal to be the brave and smart header he was. Hannibal has the smartest military genius in Carthage. The first battle Hannibal had fought and won was the battle of Trebia. In this battle‚ Hannibal and his army quietly passed the Roman army into northern Italy‚ over the Alps. After two months‚ Hannibal was met by a Roman force at the Trebia River ‚so he used
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was moreover the experience of the Second Punic War the first stimulated the Romans to write a national history. Polybius chose 220BC to begin narrative of Rome’s tak over of the Mediterranean - It is largely due to Hannibal’s defeat at Zama that we stand here today as the heirs of Graeco Romano culture. Had Scipio lost there is no guarantee that the Carthaginians would have incorporated Hellenic culture into their livelyblood - It was the Hannibalic war which drew he Romans into the Greek orbit
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As explained by Polybius‚ The consuls Gnaeus Centumalus and Publius Sulpicus Galba… then boldly led out these troops Drew them up in battle order in front of the city‚ and thus checked Hannibal’s intended attack. The Carthaginians had at first pressed forward eagerly with the alluring hope that they might even capture Rome by direct assault; but when they saw the enemy drawn up in battle formation… they abandoned the idea of attempting a direct attack‚ and turned instead to ravaging
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the day when he was proclaimed commander in chief‚ he seemed to regard Italy as his assigned field of action‚ and war with Rome as a duty imposed upon him.”(Livy 21.5‚ Line 1-3.) This inner rage that was instilled in him as a child is a driving force that can be seen throughout this battle as well as his remaining campaigns against the Romans.
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