INTRODUCTION The Tokugawa period was in between 1603 – 1868. The time of peace and order in feudal japan was c.1400-1860. The subjects I will talking about are artisans‚ rōnin‚ merchants and daimyo. ARTISANS During the Middle Ages‚ the word artisan was applied to those who made stuff or provided tasks other people could not do. It did not apply to unskilled manual labourers. Artisans were divided into 2 very distinct groups: those who operated their very own businesses and those who did not
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Hero What is the true definition of a hero? It seems to vary from person to person. Does one wear funny tight pants‚ or is he clever‚ like a fox? I feel that none of that is true. A hero can be strong or smart. One may be inspiring‚ or even just a mercenary who does something great for another person. The thing is is that one may even be an ordinary person‚ doing an extraordinary action. A hero is one who will show courage and perseverance even when the odds are against them to inspire the people of
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dramatically since the end of the cold war and the emergence of globalisation. Terrorism today‚ has changed from being a vehicle of intra-state violence to a transnational phenomenon‚ where loosely organized international network of terrorists use mercenaries‚ organized crimes cartels‚ sophisticated weaponry and modern communication to operate from‚ through and into various countries. To quote Mr. Jaswant Singh‚ Four democratizations: of easy access to rapid communication‚ to technology‚ to easy to travel
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Lacey Fierro Lee-5 AP Euro 12 October 2011 Analysis: The Prince The ideal prince‚ for most people‚ would be one of which who show trustworthiness‚ mercy‚ religiousness‚ etc.‚ all of which are good traits. On the contrary‚ according to Machiavelli‚ the ideal prince would at most show none of these traits and yet seem to possess them all at once. The ideal prince for Machiavelli would be one who is cruel and prudent and is more miserly than liberal. Machiavelli feels that an ideal prince
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introduced a degree of order and predictability ... Impersonal military discipline focused upon the state made European military organizations of the mid- to late- seventeenth century infinitely more effective on the battlefield than the feudal levies‚ mercenary companies‚ and haphazardly organized hostilities-only forces that they replaced. And the new disciplined military instruments were self-reinforcing: they backed with force the state’s collection of the taxes needed to pay troops regularly. In return
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Although The Poem of The Cid was written during the Spanish crusades‚ The Cid could not be further from the heroic crusader ideal‚ as established‚ for example‚ in The Song of Roland. Roland was so passionate‚ so convinced of the rightness of his beliefs that he was willing to demonstrate all of his heroic qualities in the pursuit of achieving martyrdom as posthumous evidence of his devotion and courage. Charlemagne and God himself bless Roland’s mission to kill as many heathens as he can. The Cid
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The environments surrounding has a huge effect on the culture of the greater number of inhabitants. The indigenous scenery‚ which is holds an abundant amount of natural resources‚ is in a state of transition and the way the landscape is treated‚ directly relates to greed‚ narcism within the society‚ violence in a highly numbers populated area‚ particularly from developed countries. In Joseph Conrad’s book Heart of Darkness ‚ Conrad represents the decay of the indigenous scenery as a metaphor to the
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“temper” and Dinorego believes that this wil one day cause his death. He accuses Makhaya of being cowardly and “running after his master‚ the white man.” He is bigot. He had a heart attack when he heard that Makhaya got his residence permit. He is a mercenary. He disliked it when the villagers showed independence; selling meat‚ growing crops and drying tobacco to make money. The villagers did not want to harm their chief‚ Chief Matenje. Chief Matenje was afraid when he saw the villagers in his yard. He
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the Battle of Manzikert in Asia Minor. The Byzantines were slaughtered and it would not be long until the Seljuk Turks closed in on Constantinople. Byzantium’s only hope rested on the shoulders of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus who quickly raised a mercenary army to help protect Byzantium. Alexius knew‚ however‚ that this army would not be enough to hold off the Turks‚ and going against his will‚ sent for help from the pope in Western Europe. The choice to ask for help from Western Europe was not a
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The Medici Family The Medici family - controlled Florence throughout much of the Renaissance The Medici are the first princely dynasty to win their status not by warfare‚ marriage or inheritance but through commerce. They come to Florence in the 12th century from the nearby countryside. Their ancestral home is in the Mugello valley. During the next two centuries the family‚ amassing a fortune through banking and trade‚ begins also to play a prominent part in Florence’s political life. As yet
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