Attila the Hun, one of history’s most successful barbarian leaders and often referred to as the “Scourge of God”. Attila was a ruthless and brutal leader who acquired power through blood and destruction. Attila kept many advisors and would often try to maintain his power by more conventional means such as trade, marriage or diplomacy, but more often than not, he would always return to what he knew best. When in doubt, Attila would kill and destroy. Attila would terrorize Asia, Eastern Europe, the Romans and other barbarian tribes as well. He was a master of psychological warfare and sacked hundreds of ancient cities. Power for Attila, was his fearsome and brutal army that would strike fear into the heart of the enemy. He demanded tribute for …show more content…
The Huns were a nomadic class of people who thrived on the domestication of grazing animals. Once the sheep, cattle and horses had consumed all of the plant-life in one area, the Huns would migrate to the next. This constant movement meant, they were always running into competing tribes and war over grazing lands was their way of life. Theses nomads had been moving through Western Asia for several years when they finally ran into the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was in a state of decay at the time, but it still possessed a massive amount of gold and a fairly impressive …show more content…
Mundzak and his brother Ruga had begun terrorizing the Romans when Attila was still a child. After destroying many of their cities, the Romans began to pay tribute to the Huns and even struck a peace treaty with them. When Attila was only 12 years old, as part of the Roman peace treaty, he was sent to live with the Romans for 5 years. This gave Attila a unique perspective into the Roman Empire and he would later use this knowledge during his Roman conquests. In 433, Attila and his brother Bleda succeeded King Ruga and became the co-rulers of the Hunnish Kingdom. Although, Bleda was given the official title of King, it is commonly believed that they ruled
Han China and Rome, despite having some political and cultural differences, fell in ways that were almost directly parallel to one another. Both civilizations experienced declines in everything from culture and population to economy and government, as well as both suffering from attacks by nomadic invaders. However, each civilization's fall had their own unique factors, and the lasting impact of their falls differed greatly.
The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire existed around the same time period and both lasted around 400 years. They each had large populations (around 50 million), conquered enemies they felt as a threat, wanted to spread their boundaries and had strong militaries. The Han Dynasty, located in China, was built on other dynasties such as the Qin and Zhou. The Great Wall of China was built during
Adolf Hitler, easily one of the most influential people to have ever walked on the Earth. His rise to power also one of the most oppurtunistic seized to date. How did he achieve such a powerful control over Germany and its people? Through what you could call a series of unfortunate events.
Hatred, violence, and pure evil are some words that can describe one of the most infamous
The world’s history has numerous civilizations ranges from weak to strong and by level of influential. These civilizations contributed things that have significantly influenced the world as it is known today. Examples of such civilizations include the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire, which made big changes to the social-economic landscape of the globe. Despite both civilizations having great influences, there are various differences and similarities in the social and economic scenarios of the two civilizations. Therefore it is necessary to differentiate these scenarios in order to appreciate the extent of influence facilitated by these civilizations.
These civilizations had retainers and all had slaves, usually slaves were from other villages that they had fought in wars. War was a way of life to these people, they fought throughout their history and basically their empires died without it. They were always expanding the empires through war and when they could no longer do this they fought with themselves within their own empires. When this happened they rapidly declined and where easy prey for the Europeans when they arrived.
...ten to him through fear and aggression, and sets strict laws to prove his strength, but only makes his people hate him for putting his laws against the laws of the gods.
When one thinks of the most evil and powerful person through history, one often thinks of Adolf Hitler. However, most of the feats accomplished by Hitler would have been impossible without the help of his lesser known right-hand man, Heinrich Himmler. Deemed “the second most powerful man in Germany during World War II” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum), he helped Hitler carry out his brutal genocide of the Jewish religion. Heinrich Himmler played an extremely important role in the Holocaust.
...eir homes) and erosion. In a cultural and political context there was a competition between kings and nobles as to who led the civilization through war and other events that required military forces.
Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party, Chancellor of Germany, and leader of Nazi Germany. Hitler was one of the most powerful and notorious dictators of the 20th century. Him invading Poland was one of the main causes of World War two. Eventually Germany was finally defeated in WWII, leaving them financially devastated, and politically unstable.
Are you familiar with the Holocaust? Well if you are, you have probably heard of Adolf Hitler. Some say he could have been the most wicked person in the world. Others however, believed he was a hero. Hitler was a determined and dominating leader in Germany from 1934-1945. He did not let anything stand in his way, and if something did, he would destroy it. Adolf Hitler had a major impact on the Holocaust and the history of Germany; He completed inhumane acts throughout his life, but that is what led him to his ultimate goal, power.
In 453, Attila planned to attack the Eastern Empire because the Emperor wasn’t paying the money set in previous treaties (author’s note: Don’t these emperors ever learn anything?). Nothing ever actually came of these plans because, quite suspiciously, Attila died in his bed the night after his marriage. When Attila was buried, the Huns went through a lot of trouble. They had to kill anyone who was involved with the burial, so that no one would know of the exact place that Attila was buried. Attila was succeeded by his sons, between which the empire was divided. Attila didn’t have a huge impact on history, because the Romans very well could have done without him. He mainly caused trouble for the Romans, and killed a lot of innocent people just to get his way. Attila the Hun was one of the most important kings of the Huns, though, and he definitely has his place in history, as a barbaric, baby-killing, rude leader of a very ruthless group of warriors.
The Romans were a powerful civilization and had one of the largest and greatest empires of all time. Their vast civilization allowed for the integration of many different types of people into one large country, no weak and certainly no ill-advanced civilization could do such a thing. The Romans were responsible for the near destruction of Christianity, killed its savior, then embraced it.
The Assyrian civilization located in the Middle East. It rose due to their intimidating army. They had chariots, mounted weapons, and siege weapons used to break down gates and walls to take over kingdoms. They were famous for being sly and quick in battle. They would overturn a village without anyone knowing the Assyrians were on the verge of taking over. They had cruel and gruesome ways to instill fear in villagers of the newly conquered area. They would cut off appendages, ears, nose, or their head. This left everyone petrified of the Assyrians. They would split up the population they took over by spreading them to different parts of the empire to prevent uprising. Due to the population growing, governors were assigned to rule over province.
that he is compelled to commit so many acts of violence by his lust for power.