The Chieftains Essays

Egil’s Saga tells the story of several individuals, such as Thorstein and Egil, who grow up surrounded by wealth and power that grants them certain liberties others only imagine. In order to retain the right to these assets and liberties, they must rely upon their loyalties to those close to them. The saga also contains a significant amount of bloodshed to honor their loyalties, but at other times it would be deemed unwarranted. Regardless, this bloodshed, partly due to the significance and power

John A Macdonald: The Old Chieftain by Donald Creighton This part of article was written by Donald Creighton talking about the Macdonald’s only concern, Nation Builder. Macdonald’s concern, in this book, was to ally with Britain which can defense the invasion of Units States: “secure and maintain its separate political existence in North America” and “Canada must belong either to the American or British system of government” (Page 165 of 165) said by Macdonald. Further, to get independent and diplomatic

and that large amounts of Vikings attacked at a time. In reality most Viking raids had nothing to do with each other. Most raids were performed by individual Viking chieftains and their followers, who had a few maybe only one long ship. Sometimes chieftains would organise a flotilla to perform an organised raid, but mostly chieftains preferred individual raids. Vikings also weren’t just raiders, they were traders, and entrepreneurs. They opened up new avenues of trade reaching to Russia and Scandinavia

Santiago says, because of his eyes not accustomed to the deserts, he can see things that not everyone can see it, when the chieftain asked why the deserts reveal the secrets to the strangers. The chieftain says oasis is natural territory and if nothing happens, the arms will used on Santiago. While walking back, he founds a strange horseman with a falcon on his left shoulder asking who dares read the meaning of

A black fog clouds her vision, and she collapses, realizing on her way down that the chieftain had snuck up behind her and struck her with the pommel of his sword. Idiot, you got yourself distracted. Lydia scampers away on all fours before they can attack again, her thoughts muddled. I need to fight harder. Suddenly, she springs from the dirt

beautiful girl with refulgent blue eyes living in the oasis. Santiago has a vision of armies riding through the peaceful oasis. He courageously warns the local chieftains that the approaching armies will extirpate their tribes. Some chieftains are froward, and threaten to kill Santiago if his vision is wrong. Despite being doubtful, the chieftains dispatch the message to all the inhabitants. As a result, the oasis successfully prepares and defends itself against the

President. As a representative of Kentucky, Henry Clay made the controversial decision to go against the instructions of his state’s legislature and voted for Adams. He claimed that he could not “contribute to the election of a military chieftain”1. The term ‘military chieftain’ really caused bad blood between Clay and Jackson. Indeed, Jackson was an important figure in the War of 1812. As a Major General, He took offense to term and questions: “are all our brave men in war, who go forth to defend their

The Vikings Adventurers, Raiders, and Settlers Come and take a journey back into time where worlds collide, armies rise, and kingdoms fall. Perhaps the biggest clash of worlds has to be the Viking world versus eighth century Europe. The term Viking often has a negative connotation associated with it. This is because the Vikings were viewed as bloodthirsty savages that went around and destroyed everything in their way. But, Viking life was not just about raiding and killing, they also had efficient

Out of all German tribes Saxons stood out not only as highly aggressive and warlike, but very also as much committed to pagan cults. The borderline between Saxons and Franks was very vague, “except in a few places, where large forests or mountain ridges intervened and made the bounds certain, the line between ourselves and the Saxons passed almost in its whole extent through an open country” (Einhard, 2013); murders, robbery and arson was a daily routine. In order to stop that Charlemagne waged the

The most savage conquerors of history were the Mongols. The Mongolian empire was the largest land empire of its era and occupied land from the yellow sea in Eastern Asia to the border of Eastern Europe. The empire included land in China, Korea, Mongolia, Persia as well as parts of Thailand and Russia. The Mongols derived from loosely organized nomadic tribes around Mongolia, Siberia and Manchuria. They lived off their land and the resources provided, and became great warriors. It is believed that

Fleet Marine Force Manual 1 stated, ‘War is both timeless and ever changing. While the basic nature of war is constant, the means and methods we use evolve continuously.’ These words clearly states that war by itself is simple and very good known to humanity but the approaches what have been used is developing year by year. To understand how long could last age of war and could it end one day we should understand the sense of war and main causes, to avoid creation of fertile soil for hostilities

the author of “The Century Quilt” use enjambment to show the meaning of the Century Quilt, (Deleted first part of the sentence) different forms of imagery are also evident. Line 10 says “How we used to wrap ourselves at play in its folds and be chieftains and princesses”, this is imagery because one can picture a little girl actually wrapping themselves in this blanket and becoming something different while being in it. This stanza is also important to the poem

I am sorry I have not written in so long, but I have much to tell you. The money I’ve earned is enough to join a caravan headed for Egypt, so I joined them. There is a man I call The Englishman, who I met while we were travelling. He likes to read, just like me, and he is pursuing his Personal Legend. The dream he has is to learn from a man that can turn lead into gold, The Alchemist, who is said to be in The Oasis. While the caravan was in The Oasis, unable to progress because of the wars that were

Roman civilization (Biel 12). The empire had weakened from the inside (Biel 12). The Germanic tribes replaced the decaying culture, and introduced new ways of life (Biel 12). Germanic warriors swore their loyalty to their leaders called chieftains (Biel 11). Chieftains were prestigious members of the tribes and everything centered around him (Biel 11). This organization would later develop into a system of feudalism (Biel 11). There were three main classes supporting the feudal system. The king, the

Genghis Khan was born in 1162 around central Mongolia and named Temujin after an opposing chieftain of the Tatar tribe that his father had captured. It was said that when Temujin was born with a blood clot in his hand, which in Mongolian folklore was a sign that he was destined to become a great leader. When Temujin was about nine years old his father took him to live with another tribe in which his bride to be Borte, resided. Marriages at this age were usually a way to cement an alliance between

message, Mark looked longingly at his vineyard and offered the king passive strategic advice. Although Mark was heavily attached to his farm, Alfred knew perceived that Mark’s strong sense of duty would lead him. The third and final of Alfred’s chieftains was Colan of the Sacred Tree, a man who dwelled in a cave the far-south land of Caerleon. Wary to fight for his cause, Colan questioned Alfred, asking him why he had not admitted defeat to the Danes and died with honor. However, Alfred convinced

a single nation under his solitary reign. Roberts expresses the heavy handed policy Attila created by saying “He (Attila) is said to have spent days in front of his tent in conference with tribal chieftains to confirm their loyalties to his unification plan. Attila summarily executed rebellious chieftains.” (Roberts 6) Attila’s followers learned to fear him as much as his enemies did. Through this fear Attila was able to push his army to the point of starvation without the threat of rebellion or mutiny

battle he sent them back into their homeland” (History.com Staff). Julius Caesar is also said to have protected the chieftains of central Gaul from an “German invader from across Rhine, Ariovistus and drove them out of Gaul” (History.com Staff). Julius Caesar went through a series of several battles in northern Gaul, he stopped a Celtic attack, dealt with a major revolt by Gallic chieftains, and began a civil war with Pompey the Great. These facts help to support the claim that Julius Caesar was one of

The issue arose when the Kaaba had fallen into disrepair, and the Black Stone needed replacing, Mohammed proposed a solution of the chieftains carrying the stone together. In gratitude for his wisdom, Mohammed was allowed to replace the Black Stone in the Kaaba himself (14.40). This display of grace and wisdom earned Mohammed the nickname Al-Amin, meaning “the trusted one” (14.50). The

After the purchase of the Louisiana territory from the french, Thomas Jefferson has sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore this new land, in hopes of locating useful resources, mapping territory and setting out a trade route toward the pacific ocean. So then set the long, treacherous trail Lewis and Clark has embarked on, encountering foreign environment and Native Americans. Who they eventually have started to disrespect them, by their act of violence, and motivation of cultural cleansing