Mercenary

We are facing an outrageous uprising from some of the worst heretic religions that have take over the control of our precious Holy Land. Both the Muslim empire and the Byzantine Empire, they believe they have the right to rule over the holy land; anyone who thinks that holy land does not belong to Christians must face the CONSEQUENCES and suffer the wrath of God. Some of the Muslims have take control of Syria and Egypt under the control of Najm ad-Din Ayyub´s son Saladin; his ambition to…

The Prince, written by Niccoló Machiavelli is a guide for ruling. In the opening chapters Machiavelli gives some basic knowledge to the readers so that they will be able to understand the scope of the book. Machiavelli explains that all states are either republics or principalities. The Prince focuses entirely on principalities because Machiavelli has already discussed republics in a different book. Throughout the rest of the book, Machiavelli explains many different qualities of a leader that…

Arturo Perez-Reverte' The Club Dumas was written in 1996 in Spanish then translated into English in 1998. A suspense thriller completely on its own. The story follows Lucas Corso, a self-described book mercenary investigating two rare books: an Alexandre Dumas manuscript of The Three Musketeers and an ancient satanic text called The Nine Doors. Corso, slowly puts the pieces together in the two books as he becomes part of a never-ending game leading to a secret society. Corso…

Libertarianism looks to the individual to make his or her own decisions about freedom. Ultimately, this perspective is one of extremism, as supporters allow any form of exchange so long as voluntary consent is freely given. In issue #3 of Luke Cage: Hero for Hire, this viewpoint is both exemplified and challenged through Cage’s pursuit of his hero for hire business. In alignment with libertarian perspective, Cage believes it is within his freedom to offer the benefits of his powers to others for…

This paper will briefly highlight the causes and the resulting consequences of the disorder and violence that involved a large portion of Europe in the first half of the 17th century known as the Thirty Years’ War. Religious conflict was nothing new. However, developing new concepts like absolutism and the ‘nation state’ played key components in the causation and continuation of this sustained conflict. Changes in the science of warfare was also a contributing factor. In the end there was a new…

During its first two centuries, the Roman Empire was a powerful and successful civilization. It was successful because of a flourishing economy, well trained and loyal army, and an efficient form of government. However, as the empire became too large to govern, it eventually split into two, the Western and Eastern, and due to various economic, military, and political reasons, the empire declined to a level where the Western Empire even fell to foreign invaders. One of the reasons the Roman…

The historical context of nationalism dates back to the late eighteenth century as the French Revolution and time of enlightenment, helped society realize the importance of the ideal nation of arms and the emphasis on discipline within its military. The interest in one’s nation was now a derived concept of bound independent ideas of its people driven by the aspirations to the whole of a nation and the loyalty and patriotism for one’s count. The foundation of nationalism, shaped by social,…

his life with a downward slash over Bazuso’s head, killing him. While this entire battle was happening, Griffith, who was later to become Guts closest friend, who he trusts with his life, watched the entire fight and decided to recruit Guts to his mercenary group, “The Band of the Hawk.” Upon arriving at the camp, Guts meets several new people who accompany him along the way. Casca, the female knight, originally disliked Guts due to how he would behave. She would see Guts as a fool-hardy and…

Niccolò Machiavelli is smart and a strategic author. There are many ways on how to interpret his famous work, “The Prince”. It is intriguing that Machiavelli did not provide a title for the book. In doing so, Machiavelli shows his strategic writing to challenge the reader. To read the book and accept it in a literal sense is questionable. The intended audience rather audiences for the book is anyone that can access the book but the real audience will catch the essence of Machiavelli’s work. With…

The Western Roman Empire had many great accomplishments, and many great problems, all of these so called problems, are placed in four main categories; politics, economy, disease, and foreign invaders. The Western Roman Empire, it had many emperors, some of them were good and led the empire to great victories, but most of them were poor, lousy, cheap, and flawed and led them to great destructions. The lousy emperors inherited the throne but they lacked the ability to lead the Western Roman…