House of Basarab

Ruler of Wallachia during the mid 15th century, Vlad III has been called by many names. He has been called Vlad Dracula and Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler. This came from his habit of punishment by impalement, displaying them on stakes. He would become well known for his cruelty.The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund founded the Order of the Dragon in 1410, to defend Europe from the Ottoman Turks and uphold Christianity. Vlad's father, Vlad II, joined the order and became known as Vlad Dracul, or Vlad the dragon. As such, Vlad III became Vlad Dracula. This means “the son of the dragon”. Vlad III was born in the year 1431 in Transylvania, the house in which he was born stands to this day. He had two brothers, the older Mircea and the younger Radu. When his father gained control of Wallachia, which stood between the powerful Hungary and Ottoman Empire, in 1436, Vlad began learning skills of war and of peace, skills that were considered essential for a Christian knight to know. In 1442 Turks invaded Transylvania, but were defeated by the Hungarians. Though the Order of the Dragon was meant to oppose the…

"Our soldiers mixing with theirs entered the fortress and conquered the city which I set in fire". Facts,myths and legends about a long dead ruler come back to life by an Irish author named Bram Stoker in a new form but carries the same name Dracula a character placed in many good and bad films but many people in the United states don't know his real name but in Romania people know him as vlad the impaler. The terrifying legend of Vlad the impaler or more commonly known as Dracula. A man that…

Prince Vlad of Wallachia ,got his fame from being one of the most evil men in history. We all know him as dracula, they get this from “his father ivan the terrible and the nickname "Dracul" means either "devil" or "dragon". So "Draculea" means either "son of the devil" or "son of the dragon"(Gale...). Although he has had a hard life. What am I saying, I'm getting ahead of myself. “Prince Vlad was born 1431 in Sighisoara, Romania. Vlad was not very tall, but stocky and strong with a bull's…

lad III was the ruler of an Eastern European region of modern Romania, Wallachia, in the fifteenth century. He gained fame as one of the most bloody and powerful rulers of that era, and as to his constant battles with the Ottoman Empire and also against the Christian forces in that region. Vlad III is known as Vlad the impaler or Vlad Tepes (in Romanian) after his atrocious ways of torture and killing and his lust for human blood. As result of this fact, many cultures have depicted him as blood…

Vlad III was born in the year of 1431. He was not an ordinary baby, he was born as the prince of Wallachia and later to become the prince of Romania too. Vlad III had a nick name he created for himself, this nickname was Vlad the Impaler. He got this nickname form brutally murdering his victims by impalement. He had a very sick way of “justice”. His only form of justice in fact was brutally murdering people in many different ways. Most people now a days know Vlad III by the name of Dracula.…

the big move from New York to Texas. The house we lived in was my childhood home and my husband and I shared it for fifteen years together. This was not going to be an easy task. Our first hurdle was preparing for this huge adventure. Secondly, we needed to drive both cars down. That meant that we would not have the other person to take over driving when our eyelids became as heavy as weights over our eyes. Finally, we would need to settle into this strange new world. My husband’s family…

Growing up in my childhood, I never really made a lot of friends. In my early years of education, I was very sociable, but to my dismay, people just didn’t seem the friendly type. I never really did feel safe in the school district. That being said, there was only one place that I would always go to relax and get the stress of my mind, and that would be my humble abode, my home. Because I walked to school on a regular basis, I always knew where to go, even during the renovations. I mean, I could…

This selection was written to describe the conditions of tenement houses, overcrowded slums that filled New York City during the late 1900’s. The first sentence of this selection states, “The first tenement New York knew bore the mark of Cain from its birth, though a generation passed before the writing was deciphered.” The author means that tenement houses were “cursed,” or were terrible creations from the very beginning, but this was ignored and not tended to for a long time. The owners of…

we arrived to Dayton it was dark. Unfortunately for us, the house were we going was not in the city but the outskirts. Once we showed up at the house, we were both pretty creped out. A really run down house in the woods, on top of a hill, no trespassing signs everywhere, and only one porch light on. It was the kind of light that is plugged in, but hanging by its wires swinging back and forth in the wind. The sunroom on the house was collapsed, only two walls were able to hold the ceiling up. One…

economic supply and demand as well as the seasonal weather. Other jobs that were more skilled, such as bakers and carpenters earned around nine dollars per week. Working in domestic work, as a waiter or bartender, earned them not much more than an unskilled laborer (five dollars per week). Working such low paying jobs made it difficult for immigrants to pay the cost of living and feed their families. This forced immigrants of all ethnic backgrounds to live in tenement houses. These houses…