Records of the Grand Historian

Leadership Leadership can be defined as the ability to influence others to achieve a common goal. However, it is far more complex than one simple definition. Leadership itself is process of continued growth and development that is achieved through continued learning, life experiences, and the combination of successes and failures as a result of choices and decisions. The underlying concepts of an individual’s ability to lead are based on a wide range of characteristics, personal beliefs,…

important people there… it occurs to me that it would add a certain lustre to the coming celebration if the English Tryon’s were invited as guests”. Prestige and connections were an important part of the image of Tryon they were wanting to project to the grand opening…

The Iliad is an epic poem written by Homer to record the events of the Trojan War. The Trojan War is famous for its massive, bloody, and deadly battles. A very interesting element of The Iliad is how Homer tells the story from both the humans’ and the god’s perspective. The gods in the story contain so much human characteristics that they feel more like humans than gods. This contradicts the image of gods. In The Iliad, the gods are not superior and great; they are the reason to why the war…

and even history. Even before Japanese was unified or even though as a nation, Japan had developed its own religion by this time. Shinto originated early Japan and has had a great influenced in the development of Japan as a whole. As stated by historian Paul Varley in his book Japanese Culture, Shinto has a rich mythology and is mostly concerned with the existence of this world with an optimistic point of view of the world. It is believed…

Around 200 B.C. in ancient China, when the Qin Dynasty ruled, strict laws took effect, resulting in severe consequences such as being executed if soldiers arrived late to their post, regardless of the reason. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang stood up for their freedom from the cruel laws of the Qin Dynasty. This made a difference in society by inspiring others to fight for their freedom and stand up for their beliefs. During that time, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huangdi, had just…

honor. First, the physical ones. Being the fastest person to run a marathon, 26.2 miles is outstanding, but why stop there? The Ironman triathlon consists of swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles, and then running an entire marathon after that. The record holder Marino Vanhoenacker managed…

One drastic era that any historian would arguably call the time America hit rock bottom is in years of the Great Depression. This age was defined by record high unemployment numbers and nationwide economic failure. In order to free the world from a state of incessant despair, film makers shifted the focus of their film to provide viewers with break from their horrible lives. Alan Brinkley, a historian from Columbia University who focuses on the film culture during…

border of the Qin territory and to begin the construction of a new defensive wall that fully encompassed China along its borders. This new wall was to protect the populace of the empire on all sides against the Mongolian invasions from the north. This grand wall became known as the Great Wall of China, and even though it was not completed during his lifetime it became a legacy handed down from dynasty to dynasty over a thousand years (The Great Wall). It remains one of the only definite examples…

through the front or through letters to achieve various victories such as Gaul, Spain and the Roman Civil War, he exercised them before they would be conceived for almost another two-thousand years. Using numerous sources and writings from the Roman historian, Suetonius, we can conclude that he had all of what was mentioned, leading from the front and afar. It is shown that Julius Caesar has used some of the principles of mission command unknowingly, most notably, building cohesive teams,…

Popular mythology depicts cowboys crooning soft lullabies to cattle on open ranges, singing old familiar songs and hymns, or creating new songs or verses to existing songs in the long dark hours of the night. While this image is highly romanticized, the association between music and the cowboy is not entirely unfounded. For cowboys, recollections from actual workers or witnesses have been recorded long before singing became a profession, recorded, or played on the radio and film because…