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    The Huns The Huns were believed to be an ethereal tribe by all, due to their fighting skills. They were from the Altai Mountains or the Caspian Sea, which in modern society, is Kazakhstan (Mark). As the Huns migrated West towards the Roman Empire, they began to plunder and kill in the cities of the Romans. The Huns were led by Attila and his brother, but after killing his brother, Attila gained total control of the group (“The Huns”). Attila led the Huns to a prosperous, powerful, and dominant life through warfare with the Romans. However, on his wedding night, Attila died from a nasal hemorrhage (“The Huns”). This led to civil war between Attila’s sons, and the eventual collapse and dispersion of the Huns. In Hun civilization, the…

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    this determined choice of mine, the Huns. According to historian Kelly, Christopher (specializes in Roman Empire, classical studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome, W.W.Norton & Company, 2010) the Huns were a separate nomadic (nomadic means people who live by traveling from place to…

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    Huns Vs Nomads

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    Asian armies throughout history, however one of the most notorious armies Europeans ever faced off against would be the Huns. Ruthless, powerful, and very skilled, the Huns wreaked havoc wherever they went due to their brutal tactics, powerful weapons, and way of life. The Huns came from Northern China, a cold and dry climate that was not very suitable for farming or agriculture, forcing the Huns to be Nomads. Appearing to never finding a need to dismount their horses, the Huns ate, slept and…

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    Wherever this man went, destruction and ruin left a path behind him. He was called the “Scourge of God” but most commonly known as Attila the Hun . Attila lived from 406 CE to 453 CE , and most of his battles took place in or around the Roman Empire. Some view Attila the Hun as unsuccessful and unable to finish his military goals and conquests, but Attila’s strategies in military made him successful, as well as the influence his upbringing, reputation, and appearance had on the people. Attila…

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    chose for my leadership essay is The Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts, P. This book was recommended to me by a former Ohio State University Military science professor Ret. LTC Mike Lear. Through the ages Attila the Hun has been branded as a barbarian that just leaded from fear and concurred by destroying every living thing in his path. That is far from the truth. Attila was a skilled leader that instilled many of what we would concise modern value into his Chieftain and…

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    The Huns were a nomadic people, meaning they had were wanderers who had no home set in stone, who left the steppes of Central Asia to find a better home. It is theorized that the Huns were traveling far away from an extremely dry period in which they could not survive. As they went through the land of Europe they were an almost unstoppable force that crippled or destroyed anything they came across. The Huns are mostly known for being an extremely war focused tribe, and being a war focused tribe…

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    Attila The Hun

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    Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun Concepts that have been promoted in Wess Roberts book, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun, have management, leadership, and organizational concepts that are still valid in 2016. Even though the book was based upon a historical figure, Attila, in the mid-1970’s the concepts discussed are found in leadership groups all across America. People can find these concepts in a broad spectrum of leadership in our current society that all these concepts directly…

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    Decline Roman Empire

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    they did little to help them. Military reasons also played a role in causing the fall of the Roman Empire. The army was poorly trained and there was a corrupt military. For example, they were dishonest generals, soldiers who were non Romans, and soldiers became less loyal. The government started hiring mercenaries to fight in the army. These mercenaries were not loyal towards the empire. Germanic invasions also started happening. The Germanic people moved “through the Roman provinces of Gaul,…

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    Attila The Hun

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    Napier. Attila tells the story of Attila The Hun, The one of the most Trenchant villains of all time. The story may be fictional, but the characters and scenery is not. Places such as the Forested Britain, The inveterate Rome, and the frozen tundra of the northernland. In the time of Attila and the Roman Empire, Britain was sparsely inhabited. It is even said by a Gual leader that it is: “The place where the grass is green and it rains often” (Napier 255), and not the crowded superpower that…

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    skills that Mulan is equipped with going into war, and her reward as a result of them. Disney also confuses the enemy-who they were and how they were defeated. The final inaccuracies are the mix-up of religions and the way that Disney portrayed the dragons in the movie. Disney’s Mulan begins with a young girl who decimates her chances at bringing her family honor through marriage. When the Huns invade, the Emperor calls on one man from each household. As her father is injured and there are no…

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