Siege

killing 10,000 legionnaires and destroying the siege engines. Artavazdes retreated and was therefore not involved in the fight (Plutarch Antony 38-39.1). In Antony’s camp, the Armenian king’s hasty retreat was considered treason. A pro-Antony bias, says that Antony’s mismanagement of the expedition led to Antony blaming Artavazdes (Geography 11.13.4, 4.15). Antony proceeded with his march to Phraata, the extremely fortified capitol of Atropatene. Laying siege to Phraata, Antony attempted to make…

opening months of the First World War was an insight to the violence that would unfold during this period. This event caused 6000 civilian deaths directly, including women and children 30 which is a very similar experience to what unfolded in the Siege of Jaffa during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which roughly 4000 prisoners were executed…

internal pressures were eased after the Chilean government followed suit with foreign demand by opening itself to liberation. Quickly after the regime canceled its ties with the opposition, as a result anti-government initiatives reappeared. A state of siege was imposed, lifted due to international linkage/leverage pressure, and then reinstated. The plebiscite of 1988 was a part of the last leg of the home stretch towards democratization. It moved Chile from an autocracy to a liberalized…

fabricated pleasure, suffocating us with the falsity that we are defined by this ephemeral clasp on euphoria. Even our constitution itself binds us the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our mental walls are persistently being laid siege by the temptations of artificial pleasure. As Patrick Henry said, “We [as humans] are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth.” Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure when he is really selling himself a slave to it. We believe it to be…

Russell Charles Means was an American activist who solely focused on equal rights of Native Americans. He was born in South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation in 1939. He was part of the silent generation, even though he was anything but silent. As Robert (2015) states, “Russell’s commitment to uplift the plight of his people escalated when he served as director of Cleveland’s American Indian Center.” As a director, it was there where he met Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement…

The two victories that were turning points in the Revolutionary War were the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Saratoga, both these battles showed that the American forces could go toe to toe against the British army and hold there own. The Battle of Trenton was an American victory that came after many crushing defeats. The Battle of Saratoga was the first American victory over a major British force. The Battle of Saratoga would also secure the French alliance to help the colonies in the war.…

1. Although slavery proved to be a major cause of the Civil War, several other factors contributed to the war between Northern and Southern States. The issue of states’ rights became a secondary cause for the Civil War. Southern politicians like John C. Calhoun contended that the states should be able to protect the institution of slavery by canceling out any laws that the Federal Government tried to pass that were unconstitutional. The issue of state’s rights as the cause of the Civil War is…

The American Revolution officially began in 1775 and lasted until 1783, spanning the course of eight years. However, what sparked this Revolution was the aftermath of the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. King George III spent a substantial amount of money to supply and defend the colonists. After the end of the war, it only seemed reasonable to have the colonists pay for the debt, so taxes were administered without their consent. This, of course, angered the colonists, who were not…

They would then use the spears in short-range combat. This wasn't the limit to the weapons at their disposal. Their catapults were quite useful during city sieges. The Mongols would take the parts for a catapult with them on their conquests. (Yvonne Wang) When they got to a city, they would use these materials to assemble a catapult. When the siege was over, they would spare the technicians and engineers in the city and assimilate them into the army. They would be used to create more catapults.…

The 13th century conquests of the Mongols have never been matched. Under Genghis Khan’s leadership, the “horsemen of the steppe” conquered China and the Muslim parts of central Asia and pushed deep into Europe and the Middle East in just about 25 years. Although their attempts to take Japan and Southeast Asia failed, only once did they suffer a notably decisive defeat, a defeat which came at the hands of Mameluke general Baibars at Ain Jalut, Palestine around the year 1260. The Romans had an…