Rhine

The modern world of Europe began sometime around 1500 according to experts who have studied this for years and years. The continent has grown with its kings and queens and has overcome many obstacles and events through its political views. Europe has always been built upon monarchies. These monarchies serve in place as their government. Monarchy is the oldest system of government in the United Kingdom. Total power is invested in one person, a head of state called a monarch, who keeps the…

Empire was completely reconquered by barbarian tribes. St. Jerome describes the devastation of the empire c. 406 A.D, “Nations innumerable and most savage have invaded all Gaul. The Whole region between the Alps and the Pyrenees, the ocean and the Rhine, has been devastated by the Quadi, the Vandals… the Saxons, the Burgundians, the Alemanni, and the Pahnonians.” This account details the desperate situation of the Roman Empire by describing all the territory lost to the various barbarian tribes.…

Patrick White is the best known among the modern writers of Commonwealth Literature. He has achieved universality through his major novels with their epic themes and their poetic treatment. White, who comes of a pioneering Australian family, is pre-occupied with the Great Australian Emptiness in his middle novels particularly in Voss (1957). White is fascinated by the notion of the pure being which is a feeling of oneness with the whole creation. White has a unifying vision of life and believes…

Throughout history, Napoleon Bonaparte has been well known for his transition from a young boy in Corsica to a flourishing leader in the French Revolution. He was a man who conquered vast amounts of lands. He improved lives for the french, yet there came a point in time when his conquering was not welcomed. He came from a tough uprising. Napoleon was a dedicated military leader who saved the french from Maximilien Robespierre. Napoleon Bonaparte born to Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte in Ajaccio,…

Battle of the Bulge After the successful invasion of Normandy by American forces, German leaders believed that their defeat was imminent. However, Adolf Hitler saw an opportunity to attack the Ardennes to split the Allied forces, which included Britain, France, and America, and prevent them from advancing toward German territories. This strategic move led to the Battle of the Bulge. While the secrecy maintained by German leaders was significant, the principal factor contributing to the attack…

was threatened with imprisonment. Overall, he describes that the other guards were "cold blooded killers filled with moralistic hatred" towards the Germans. The most striking event Brech describes is when he discovered a captain on a hill above the Rhine shooting down a group of German civilian women with a pistol. When Brech asked why the captain was doing this, he responded, "Target practice" and fired until the gun was…

The first attack was lead by Peter the Hermit, when he lead 20,000 commoners from Cologne, Germany towards the “Holy Land”. The crusaders traveled through the Rhine Valley and arriving at Speyer where they slaughtered almost every Jew. This was the first major slaughtering of the Jews by the Crusaders. They continue along their route and come across Semin and Belgrade. They conquer and sack these cities forcing…

August of 14 A.D. proved a sad time for the Romans; for it was the time when the great leader, Augustus Caesar, passed away. The long lasting peace established by him would however, survive for many years to come. Rome in this time was more politically stable than it would be in future years. The great civil war that the Romans took part in led to the annexation of Egyptian lands and the overall growth of the newly proclaimed empire. Augustus saw the threat posed by barbaric tribes in the…

types of fighting, the Crusades included setbacks, botches, violations, and improper killings. On the First Crusade in 1095, a gathering of Crusaders drove by Count Emicho of Leiningen burglarized and killed every one of the Jews they found in the Rhine. It is best portrayed that the Crusaders was assaulted and destroyed in the open. Guiltless villagers were murdered for reasons unknown as the murderous arm squeezed forward. We now know that the Crusades were not just for the freedom of the…

It conquered and influenced over two million square miles of land starting from the Rhine River to Egypt and from Britain to Asia Minor, this civilization definitely has a knack for conquering foreign lands and leaving an impression to last a lifetime. Architecture comes from the Greek word Arkhitekton which means Master Builder (Cartwright)…