The Decameron:
Hospitality
Should never be looked down on
it saves marriages
The Prince:
Machiavelli:
Better to be feared than loved
Be cruel when needed
The Renaissance:
Medici´s: Patrons
Humanists loved the classics
Questioned religion
The Art of War:
No war is best war
Fewer battles, the better
Skew advantages
Marco Polo:
saw lots of cultures
money, hookers, war
did he really go?
The Ramayana:
Vishnu, born ¨Rama¨
Demons, monkeys, adventure
Lost his wife for pride
The Arabs:
Land is unfertile
Mecca, Muhammed, Islam
Trade routes abounding
Nero:
Nero, you nutter
killed your opposition
all so you could sing
Byzantium:
A.D. three-thirty
Justinian and his wife
Constantinople
Satire #3:
To Hell with the Greeks
No room for Romans in Rome
Drinking, brawling, crime
Satire #6:
Marriage: Suicide
Marry for wealth, never pleased
She-tyrants abound
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