Top 1. Greatest Warriors Toptenz. As long as there have been civilizations, there have been unending wars for power and land. These wars have produced some of the fiercest warriors the world has ever seen. Men who are not only exceptional at hand to hand combat but who were also great leaders and brilliant strategists. There were so many brave individuals who could fit on this list but I think these represent warrior states from around the world and throughout the ages. Richard I LionheartRichard I was given the nickname Lionheart or Coeur de Leon for his exceptional fighting ability and courage. The duke of Normandy and the Count of Anjou, he ascended to the throne of England in 1. Henry II with the help of his powerful mother Eleanor of Aquitaine. Richard took the cross in 1. Saladins successful conquest of Jerusalem. He raised funds by selling official titles, rights and lands to the highest noble bidder. He left for the Holy Land in 1. Retrouvez toutes les discothque Marseille et se retrouver dans les plus grandes soires en discothque Marseille. French King Philip II and most of the military forces of Christendom. After being waylaid first in Sicily and then in Cyprus, Richard and Philip arrived in the Holy Land in June 1. The joint forces first took Acre and then moved onto Arsuf before fortifying Ascalon. Arguments between who was to become King of Jerusalem escalated and Philip quit the Crusade and returned to France. Richard pressed on but when he realized he had no way of securing Jerusalem even if he had managed to capture it, he signed a peace treaty with Saladin and returned to Europe. He spent his final five years reclaiming his throne from his brother John and fighting against Philips advances into Normandy. Spartacus. Born in Thrace in 1. BC, Spartacus is most widely known as the gladiator who led the revolt against Rome during the Gladiatorial War. It is not known for sure how Spartacus became a gladiator but the leading theory is that he once fought for the Roman army but deserted and became a thief. He was arrested and sold as a gladiator due to his strength. In 7. 3 BC he and seventy followers escaped from a gladiator school near Capua and fled to Mount Vesuvius where they were joined by local slaves. His army continued to grow until it was 9. Italy, defeating two Roman armies and plundering any city they came across. From there they marched north into Gaul where he tried to free his men but they refused to leave and they marched again into Italy for more plunder. Spartacus was killed in a battle at Lucania in 7. BC and his men were crucified. He has been remembered as a legendary commander not only for his successes in battle but for his own courage strength and compassion. Saladin. Known to the western world as the antihero of the Third Crusade, he is revered in the Middle East as the hero who returned Jerusalem into Muslim hands. The Kurdish Sultan was born in 1. Mesopotamia now Iraq and grew up during the First Crusade. He was trained as a soldier by his uncle Asad al Din Shirkuh and early in his military career he worked on uniting Arab forces under his control first in Egypt then in Syria and Palestine. He then set his sights on Jerusalem and conquered King Guy de Lusignan at the Battle of Hattin. The battle was a tremendous success for Saladin as his army almost wiped out the Crusaders in the Holy Land. The city of Jerusalem fell into his hands when he came to terms with Balian of Ibelin who defended the city after the capture of Guy. As long as there have been civilizations, there have been unending wars for power and land. These wars have produced some of the fiercest warriors the worl. His capture of Jerusalem influenced King Richard of England to join forces with King Philip of France and set out for the Third Crusade to the Holy Land. The Christian forces made their way to Ascalon when Richard fell ill and signed a peace treaty with Saladin that left Jerusalem in Muslim hands as long as Christians would be able to safely make their pilgrimage. His reign of Jerusalem was short lived however as he died of a fever on March 4, 1. Saladin is most often recognized as much for his generosity and chivalry as he is for his impressive military accomplishments. Lieutenant Audie Murphy. Born the son of a poor Texas sharecropper in 1. Audie went on to become the most decorated American soldier of World War II. In an attempt to free himself of his hardships, he joined the army as a private in 1. After his basic training he was shipped to Casablanca, Morocco where he continued with his training. He saw action in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany and was distinguished by his quick thinking and bravery. He not only destroyed several of the enemys machine guns in minutes but also jumped onto a burning tank destroyer and turned its machine gun on the enemy as well as cutting off a German counterattack of six tanks and 2. Infantry practically by himself. For these acts of courage he has received countless decorations including the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, and three Purple Hearts as well as the French Legion of Honor and two Croix de Guerre. He returned to America as a hero and turned his wartime fame into a successful film career. With help from his friends, Audie penned an autobiography entitled To Hell and Back, which was later made into a movie in which he played himself. While on a business trip he died in a plane crash on May 2. Arlington National Cemetery with military honors. Miyamoto Musashi. The greatest sword fighter of his time, Miyamoto Musashi, also known as the Sword Saint, is one of the best known samurai in Japanese history. Mother India by Katherine Mayo, free ebook. PART I INTRODUCTION THE BUS TO MANDALAY. Calcutta, second largest city in the British Empire, spread along the Ganges. Hey, why cant I vote on comments Cracked only offers comment voting to subscribing members. Hd Quality Clerks: The Lost Scene Watch. Subscribers also have access to loads of hidden content. Animal stereotypification in general. Many animal stereotypes reflect anthropomorphic notions unrelated to animals true behaviors. Carnivores, for instance, will be. Born in 1. 58. 4 in Harima Province, Musashi was raised by his uncle in Shoreian temple. By the time he was 1. Arima Kigei, a student of the Shinto Ryu school of military arts. For the next 1. 6 years he made a name for himself, fighting in more than 6. Yoshioka School and his most famous duel against Sasaki Kojiro in which he was undefeated. During this time he also enlisted in Toyotomi Hideyoshis army and although he was on the losing side, he escaped, crawling among corpses and drinking from muddy puddles to survive. After the war, he turned his attention to teaching swordsmanship and he is credited with creating the nitoryu technique in which you fight with two swords. Later in his life, he became a master painter and writer. His most famous written work is The Book of Five Rings, which covers the sum of his experience as a sword fighter including strategy, tactics and philosophy. At the age of 6. 2, Musashi died of thoracic cancer in Reigando Cave the same cave where he lived as a hermit while writing The Book of Five Rings. Gaius Julius Caesar. The greatest general in Romes history, Caesar came to power first as a quaestor and praetor before being elected as consul and proconsul in 5. BC and organizing the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. He distinguished himself by leading campaigns in Gaul, Britain and Germany but his growing power scared the senate and he was asked to disband his forces. Not only did he refuse this request, he marched on Rome. He started an outbreak of civil war that lasted until December 4. BC when he held a dictatorship in Rome for eleven days while he was elected as consul. He then chased Pompey to Egypt where he remained living with Cleopatra for several years. On his return to Rome he improved the living conditions of his people and drew up elaborate plans for consolidation of the empire. In 4. 4 BC he became dictator for life, a title that was short lived because on the Ides of March March 1. BC, he was stabbed to death by a group of his friends and protgs including Cimber, Casca, Cassius and Brutus. Hannibal Barca. A Carthaginian General, Hannibal was a master strategist who developed outflanking tactics. Dubbed the father of strategy by military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge, he grew up with a fierce hatred of the Romans. After the death of his brother in law Hasdrubal, he took command of the Gaulo Cathaginian army and set his sights on Rome. He set out in the spring of 2. BC and fought his way through the Pyrenees and the Alps with a force of 4.