humiliation of the world. In the novel he presents types of principalities such as hereditary principalities‚ mixed principalities‚ new principalities‚ and ecclesiastical principalities. It also discussed types of armies‚ Machiavelli talks about mercenaries who are not trustworthy‚ auxiliaries who are dangerous because they are loaned to you‚ and native troops who are desirable‚ and mixed troops who are composed of all types of armies. Machiavelli explains in his novel how a prince is supposed to
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The term “barbarian” refers to a group of uncivilized people that originated from the ancient Greece. This term referred to the people who did not speak Greek. Currently‚ the meaning of the term has changed with the current implication being significantly different from the original meaning. The term may be used to refer to evil deeds in the society and people have used the term to identify evil deeds among the individuals. In the ancient Greece‚ the term was used to refer to the Egyptians‚ Medes
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In ancient times‚ Venezuela was a paradise forindians. It had beautiful beaches‚ tropical forests‚ and gentle grassland of the Llanos. In 1498‚ the first European‚ by the name of Christopher Columbus‚ came to the country. He came during his third voyage of the new world. More explorers came the year after and then eventually the spanish established their first settlement‚ Nueva Cadiz‚ which was later destroyed by a tsunami. The colonies in Venezuela were much less important to the Spanish than the
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The social status of Neddy in “The Swimmer” changes drastically as we move on in the story. The story at first starts reasonably enough‚ with Neddy the protagonist lounging about the swimming pool at the home of his friends the Westerhazys‚ which was fed by an artesian well when a thought occurs to him: there were many swimming pools between his current location and his home‚ so he could literally swim through them towards home. That’s when he starts his journey. His first stop is at the
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The Revolutionary War was an important part of American history because it was the war when America broke away from Great Britain and became an independent nation. There were many battles fought in the War for Independence‚ and Commander in Chief‚ George Washington‚ lead many of those battles. He might have lost more battles than he won‚ but he was inspirational to the soldiers and was an important part of American morale. After the signing of the Constitution‚ George Washington was elected as president
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During the rule of the feeble minded King Henry VI and the genius Queen Margaret of Anjou‚ there was civil unrest in Medieval England due to whom should be the heir to the throne. Henry VI suffered mental breakdowns and so Richard‚ Duke of York‚ exploited his claim on the throne garnered by his ties with previous King Henry V. Henry VI and previous kings of England where from the Lancastrian family this meant this was the first instance of non York conformation. This set the beginning of the War
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foundations of all states‚ new as well as old or composite‚ are good laws and good arms; and as there cannot be good laws where the state is not well armed‚ it follows that where they are well armed they have good laws.” As an outspoken opposer of mercenary armies‚ Machiavelli was a proponent for building oneself a strong armed force and asserted that if an army was not sufficient enough to attack their opposers‚ they must focus on the fortification of their own territory to prevent a successful attack
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“The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on a prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. Fitzgerald—inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island’s north shore—began planning the novel in 1923‚ desiring to produce‚ in his words‚ "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.".”(Wikipedia.org) The novel is written in
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An example of inspirational leadership can be found in the fictional character played by Dwayne Douglas Johnson in a movie called “The Scorpion King”. Johnson plays the character ‘Mathayus’‚ who as the last true Akadian mercenary‚ is being hired by a king to kill a sorcerer. With the help of the sorceress and his inspirational leadership characteristics‚ Mathayus is able to win the kingdom. Johnson’s characters leadership style and the ideas and plans for improving leadership effectiveness are summarized
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little importance on loyalty‚ but rather focuses more on military conquests‚ for he is in fact sent to fight his own people. From this we can see that war dominates his mind- the professional is more important than the personal. Essentially he is a mercenary‚ and it can be argued that he is seen as expendable by the Venetians‚ as a “substitute of most
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