Kingdom of Aragon

Rock Wallaby Introduction: The Yellow Footed wallaby is the largest known species of wallabies. They are native to South Australia, Queensland and NSW. Rock Wallabies are known for their distinct colourful features; their yellow paws and feet, yellow tail with brown rings, covered in soft grey fur on his back and a white underbelly, sporting white stripe patterns on the flank, hips and cheeks. The average male weighs 11 kg and the average female weighs 6-7kg. In June 2011, the Yellow Footed…

Ishmael Beah’s Family connection Family has effected various lives in various manners. The term family effects a person named Ishmael Beah as described in his book. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a heart touching biography of an amazing young man, Ishmael Beah, during his years of growing up as a child of war in Sierra Leone. And according to his book A Long Way Gone family life, family relationships and family environment and changed him a lot. During his journey through the war…

During the years between 1598 and 1665 the Spanish Monarchy under the ruling of Phillip III and later on King Phillip IV faced many different challenges in this emerging country called Spain. However, Spain did not exist at this time it was ruled under the Habsburg Empire. What I shall be discussing in this assignment is the strengths and weaknesses that the Spanish Monarchy faced. During the start of the 17th Century what was known as the Habsburg Spain which was very much on the brink at the…

Biography I am Princess Mary of England, King Henry Vlll’s eldest daughter. I am also the daughter of Queen Catherine. I am nineteen years old, I was born in Placentia, London, United Kingdom, my nationality is English and I am of fairly average height and I have clear blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair, just like my father. My mother Queen Catherine was once married to my father’s brother, but he had died and afterwards my mother married my father, King Henry VIII. The Catholic Church had…

British Isles, the nations of England and Scotland became united under one monarch: with the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England after Queen Elizabeth I’s death with no Tudor heir, in the same year. Until this year, the separate kingdoms had completely separate governments. This meant that they experienced a phenomenon sweeping Europe throughout the sixteenth century; the Protestant Reformation, in different ways. When exploring the historiography of the reformations in…

The First Crusade began in 1095, when armies of Christians from Western Europe responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land. After the First Crusade achieved its goal; with the Crusaders having slaughtered hundreds of men, women, and children in their invasion of the city of Jerusalem in 1099, the Christians set up several Christian states. Muslims in the region vowed to wage jihad, or Holy War, to regain control over the region. Many of the Crusaders…

Crusades subdued Transylvanian pagans. The fifth crusade saw the Franks attack the City of Egypt through the sea and on land, but Muslim forces defended their territory well. The sixth crusade helped in achieving a peaceful transfer of Jerusalem kingdom to Frank control although the treaty expired ten years later and Muslims took over Jerusalem…

Law, where laws are supreme. Henry, who was the second Tudor monarch, is best known for his six marriages. However, a series of events that he was best remembered for were the chronologies of his efforts to have his first marriage, to Catherine of Aragon, annulled. Henry initiated the English Reformation, by separating the Church of England from papal authority and appointing himself as the Supreme Head of the church. This was led by his disagreement with the Pope in regards of his marriage…

brothers his kingdom and split it into quarters war started to rage on. Each brother turning on each other for more power. The oldest brother, James, was ruler of a kingdom of thieves. He was able to steal anything in the kingdom and no one knew he did The second oldest, Lucas, was the king of the astronomers and was said to have the power to see all. People in the kingdom say he got the power to do so from the stars. The third oldest brother, Cedric, was an excellent marksman. His kingdom had…

“Crusades”. After many new groups started to show up, King Louis tried to put another crusade in motion but it didn’t get far because he died. The last crusade is known as the main crusade which happened in 1290. Fleets of warships from Venice and Aragon arrived to defend what remained of the crusade states. Many groups arrived to lay siege to the last crusade states. They needed a huge army and they got one. The last of the crusade states fell after only seven weeks under siege “Crusades”.…