This process took a very long time to get all the people, train them, give them weapons and to fight. In 1645 Oliver Cromwell’s trained army destroyed the king’s forces at the battle of Naseby. In 1649, Cromwell’s 12,000 strong forces stormed Drogheda, north of Dublin. Charles I was put on trial for treason which lead to execution. Many people blame Oliver Cromwell for this, although there were 59 signatories to the death warrant.
Oulen was his mother and Yesuhei was his father. He was named Temujin because in the time of his birth, his father had captured a Tatar Chieftain of the same name. When Temujin was a young boy, his father was poisoned by a group of Tatars, the Kiyat tribe broke up and scattered, abandoning their chief's family and leaving Temujin's mother, Oulen, to raise her children alone. Accounts of Temujin glorify him as intelligent, brave, and an adept fighter, even from an early age, and as such potential threat to the leaders of other tribes of the steppe. The rise of Chinggis Khan is a little more interesting.
He is a mean and uncaring person. He yelled at Bud for saying that he was Bud’s father. When Bud said he lived with a family that adopted him and he ran away from them, Herman just said we are sending you back to where you came from. The book takes place in 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Bud’s mother passed away in her sleep.
They were always at combat trying to expand their empire. Ever since Genghis Khan was elected, the Mongol empire kept growing. The Mongols fought and killed many people to expand their empire. During the thirteenth century, the Mongol Empire grew very rapidly. The Mongols were almost always fighting.
In the military, if one member of a group fails or does not follow the Mongols rules for their soldiers, the whole group is executed (Doc. 2). All in all the Mongols are veracious killers that have no remorse for what they do. Finally, Mongols wanted to
Were the Mongols Barbaric? The Mongols have a long, war driven history. Killing ruthlessly over millions of square miles to nearly conquer the entire continent of Asia, the Mongols have certainly made their mark on history. Yet this society was as civilized as any other society during this time period. The Mongolian society has been wrongly conveyed through the eyes of the present world due to a series of what seems to be a perfect storm.
Although mentioning this role last, Assur-Nassir-Pal II ironically boasts about his status as warrior more profoundly than the others. Displayed on the walls of his palace at Nimrud in Mesopatamia, this excerpt portrays Assur-Nasir-Pal II as a mighty warrior. Assur's words personify his achievements in battle, having described his soldiers as “birds of prey” that defeated the once undefeated. When illustrating his own characteristics as a warrior, Assur-Nassir-Pal II exaggerates his conquests. He claims to have massacred 260 enemy soldiers and having “their heads cut off in heaps”.
Vlad Dracul III is “Dracula” Vlad Dracul III (also known as Vlad Tepes) was born a prince in 1431 and later became king after the assassination of his father in 1448. He was in battle 3 times due to opposition towards his leadership and was the ruler of Wallachia (now known as Romania) between the years of 1456 to 1462. Vlad Dracul III was an evil and brutal leader which preferred to kill people by cruel methods such as an oiled steak that went trough the victims bottom until it came trough the top, and other methods that were used where putting nails in peoples head, burning, mutilation of sexual organs and boiling people alive. The history of Vlad Dracul III is surrounded by both mystery and legend. The truth is that where
Yurts- felt tents that could move as Mongols lived on horseback II. Genghis (Chenghis) Khan 1162-1227 A.D. (universal ruler) His real name is Temujin A. Characteristics that made him a great conqueror (pg 296) 1. brillant organizer- armies of 10,000 -1,000-100 companies-10 platoon 2. strategist- used trick to draw his enemies out: lure them out with small calavry, decoys 3. adopted new weapons and technology- captured Chinese built catapults and gunpowder charges –turned these on walled cities
In November of 1917, Lenin and his communist followers known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government and set a communist government in Russia. However, in 1924, Lenin died and Stalin assumed leadership of the Soviet Union. Stalin was a ruthless leader who brought many changes to the Soviet Union. Stalin’s goal was to transform the Soviet Union into a modern superpower and spread communism throughout the world, and he was determined to sabotage anyone who stood in his way. Stalin’s rule brought both harmful and beneficial consequences to the Soviet Union.