Essays on Terrains

Introduction

Suspension bridges connect roadways between two land masses by links, ropes or cables hung from two large towers. These towers bolster most of the weight as pressure presses down on the deck of the suspension bridge and after that goes up the links, ropes or binds to transfer pressure to the towers. These bridge towers then disseminate the pressure directly to ground. The metal links on the suspension bridge, then again, have to bear all the bridge’s tensional forces. These cables are suspended across level planes between the two widely separated anchorages. Span docks are basically strong rock ...

Sun Zi wrote one of the oldest existing pieces on military and in The Art of War, he discusses the six types of terrain. If used correctly as a tactic during a war, it goes without saying that people will get a well-deserved victory. The writer offers insights into six terrains and how important they can be to anyone who wants to achieve an upper hand in a war. They include “accessible ground, entangling ground, temporizing ground, narrow passes, precarious heights and positions at a great distance from the enemy” (Tan 50). The six terrains give military men and ...

Abstract

China could have remained peaceful were it not for a group of revolutionaries who are located in the southern China. This group led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Their purpose was to end the imperial system that existed in China by establishing the Republic of China. The two Opium wars which were focused on the Western powers incurred a great loss to China. It was due to these wars that China lost Hong Kong. This played a key role to the 1949 revolution. This paper discusses elements of the Communists’ view of the revolution, identity ...