February 9‚ 2015 The fall of Jerusalem in 1187 was one of the biggest events in the history of the Crusades. It was the end of the second crusade and gave up Jerusalem to the Muslims for the first time and the Crusaders never got it back. The siege of Jerusalem in 1187 lasted from September 20 to October 2 in 1187. Balian‚ a blacksmith from Ibelin‚ the son of Godfrey was the leader of Jerusalem at this time. The leader of the Muslims‚ Saladin had tried to negotiate a peace to avoid bloodshed
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almost half with mental illness are diagnosed and not treated‚ and another 40% are left undiagnosed and untreated.There is a clear link between Mental illness‚drug dependency and crime. Yacub Khayre‚the person who was responsible for the Brighton Siege was under the influence of the drug ice. Moreover‚ funding and diagnosis would ensure the initiation of the most efficient treatment. A convict has the right to a just and fair trial and also deserves a fair shot at life‚ Mental illness can decrease
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Hernan Cortes‚ a fierce Spanish conquistador‚ landed at San Juan de Ulua‚ in April 1519. With him‚ Cortes had 508 soldiers‚ one hundred sailors‚ artillery cannons‚ eleven ships and sixteen horses. Cortes and his small army‚ marched through Mexico‚ forming alliances with Aztec rivals‚ until reaching the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the massive Mexican empire known as the Aztecs or Mexica. It had a population of 200‚000 people; almost three times that of the largest
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chance of invading the north. His army was rendered incapable of efficient action after the loss. The Confederate army was driven back into Virginia without the victory they left for. The Battle of Vicksburg wasn’t really a battle‚ it was a siege. The Siege driven by the north was happening the same time as the Battle of Gettysburg. The Union’s goal was
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Australia Synopsis In Australia‚ an aboriginal medicine man/witch doctor‚ King George was teaching a young aborigine named Nullah how to do various tasks in the Outback. When all of the sudden a group white men shoot King George with an arrow. Then‚ Nullah rides home on his horse to his home in Faraway Downs. He hears people coming and is scared that someone will take him away from his family‚ so he goes into hiding. However‚ the voices he hears and people he sees are Drover and Sarah. The property
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As the fighting between the two cities continued‚ Nebuchadnezzar’s attacks would gradually become more brutal every time the people of Judah would resist against him. Nebuchadnezzar idea of punishment was if you respect what he stood for you would not be punished‚ but if you resisted in anyway the consiquences were high and intense. So‚ when Judah joined an anti-Babylonian alliance‚ Nebuchadnezzar’s attack had the power against the Jewish people that had never been shown before. The anti-Babylonian
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Biography of Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)‚ the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother‚ was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. After a brief but eventful career in the army‚ he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century. At the outbreak of the Second World War‚ he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty -
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bombardment. Firearms on the battlefield slowly became more present until it became the sole dominant choice of weapon in combat. The size of armies during this period drastically increased‚ partly because of the need to surround a castle during a siege. The army size of nearly every western power more than doubled during this time
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ABC-CLIO‚ 2013. Web. 8 Feb. 2013. * Bowman‚ John S. “Vietnam War.” Facts About American Wars. 1998: 608-664 * Brush‚ Peter. "THE BATTLE OF KHE SANH‚ 1968." Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Vanderbilt‚ n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. * Caputo‚ Philip. “The Siege of Khe Sanh.” 10‚000 Days of Thunder. New York: Byron Press Visual Publications‚ Inc. 2005: 70-73 * Marrin‚ Albert. America and Vietnam. New York: Penguin Group 1992 * PBS.PBS‚ n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013
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(1147-1149) In 1147‚ the Pope called for the second crusade‚ fully 200 thousand men answered his call. By 1149 the crusade beat a hasty and disgraced retreat. Just 1 year after being called it had failed. The failure happed straight after the disastrous siege of Damascus. The causes of the failure of the second crusade‚ are debated wildly by historians‚ such as Jonathan Riley Smith‚ Steven Runciman and Hans Mayer. Many Historians agree that there were three main causes for the “demise of the second crusade”
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