As you look through history, you see everywhere that there are good guys and bad guys, heroes, and villains. But what really is considered a good guy, and who are some famous good guys in history. And what about those all famous bad guys, why are they considered so bad?
A good guy is defined as: any person who is on your side, a hero; an all-around pleasant person; usually used in reference to a male. (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&defl=en&q=define:good+guy&ei=emamS5SRDYKglAe-xLmOAQ&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAkQkAE)
A good guy is defined as: any person who is on your side, a hero; an all-around pleasant person; usually used in reference to a male. (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&defl=en&q=define:good+guy&ei=emamS5SRDYKglAe-xLmOAQ&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAkQkAE)
This means that they are on the side of good and justice working to make the world a better place, or they are not causing harm to anyone. A bad guy is defi
ned as: any person who is not on your side, a villain. (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&q=define%3Abad+guy) This means that they are against the side of justice and are working for the evil side. Usually they do not follow the rules or law of a state or country. Also bad guys usually end up hurting someone at sometime in their life.
When we look very far back into history we see on very famous example of a bad guy: and they are the Vikings. When people first think of Vikings they think of large scary men, wearing helmets with horns attached, first, this is not true, the helmet part at least. The Vikings usually wore leather helmets, the horned helmets were for ceremonial purposes, and most likely the horned helmets died out before the Vikings became such a feared name. Even though the history of the Viking’s helmets may not be true, the fear they installed into people was very much true. ("Viking Helmets - Did Viking Helmets Have Horns." European History The History of Europe. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .)
The Vikings were commonly referred to as the ship-born warriors, and the traders of Norsemen, which literally mean the men from the North. They were originated from Scandinavia and they raided many coasts from Britain, to Ireland, to the mainland of Europe. They even went as far east as the Volga River in Russia, somewhere between the 8th and the 11th century. This is the period in history that is very commonly referred to as the Viking age. Vikings are famous also for their long ships, which were very long and very advanced in technology for their time period.
The Vikings founded settlements for about three century’s along the coats and rivers of mainland Europe, Ireland, Normandy, Great Britain, the Shetland, Faroe Islands, Orkney, Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland circa. They even reached south to North Africa, and east to Russian and Constantinople. Where ever they went as looters, traders, or mercenaries. Later, under the rule of Leif Ericson, who’s heir was Erik the Red, reached North America, and they had many expeditions to what is today Canada, Maine, and southern Massachusetts, which includes Cape Cod during the 10th and 11th century.
The Vikings once created two different types of Viking ships: the Longship and the Knarr. The Longship was created for warfare and exploration, was designed for its speed and agility, and it had oars and sails to make it easy to navigate with, wither there was wind or not. The Knarr was a slower merchant ship that had a larger capacity then the Longship, and it did not have the oars the Longship had. (http://www.themiddleages.net/people/vikings.html)
Though the Vikings seemed to have done so much for the history of the world, they are still considered bad guys because of their raids that caused so many people to end up dying, and they injured many more, trying to get items that were not important and they would not take these item in to the afterlife with them, where I am sure that their many murdered did go with them.
"Viking Helmets - Did Viking Helmets Have Horns." European History The History of Europe. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/thevikings/a/histmyths6.html.
Vikings." Middle Ages - Medieval Resources. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.themiddleages.net/people/vikings.html.
"Define:bad Guy - Search." Google. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&q=define%3Abad+guy.
"Define:good Guy - Search." Google. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&defl=en&q=define:good+guy&ei=emamS5SRDYKglAe-xLmOAQ&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAkQkAE.
ned as: any person who is not on your side, a villain. (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&q=define%3Abad+guy) This means that they are against the side of justice and are working for the evil side. Usually they do not follow the rules or law of a state or country. Also bad guys usually end up hurting someone at sometime in their life.When we look very far back into history we see on very famous example of a bad guy: and they are the Vikings. When people first think of Vikings they think of large scary men, wearing helmets with horns attached, first, this is not true, the helmet part at least. The Vikings usually wore leather helmets, the horned helmets were for ceremonial purposes, and most likely the horned helmets died out before the Vikings became such a feared name. Even though the history of the Viking’s helmets may not be true, the fear they installed into people was very much true. ("Viking Helmets - Did Viking Helmets Have Horns." European History The History of Europe. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .)
The Vikings were commonly referred to as the ship-born warriors, and the traders of Norsemen, which literally mean the men from the North. They were originated from Scandinavia and they raided many coasts from Britain, to Ireland, to the mainland of Europe. They even went as far east as the Volga River in Russia, somewhere between the 8th and the 11th century. This is the period in history that is very commonly referred to as the Viking age. Vikings are famous also for their long ships, which were very long and very advanced in technology for their time period.
The Vikings founded settlements for about three century’s along the coats and rivers of mainland Europe, Ireland, Normandy, Great Britain, the Shetland, Faroe Islands, Orkney, Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland circa. They even reached south to North Africa, and east to Russian and Constantinople. Where ever they went as looters, traders, or mercenaries. Later, under the rule of Leif Ericson, who’s heir was Erik the Red, reached North America, and they had many expeditions to what is today Canada, Maine, and southern Massachusetts, which includes Cape Cod during the 10th and 11th century.
The Vikings once created two different types of Viking ships: the Longship and the Knarr. The Longship was created for warfare and exploration, was designed for its speed and agility, and it had oars and sails to make it easy to navigate with, wither there was wind or not. The Knarr was a slower merchant ship that had a larger capacity then the Longship, and it did not have the oars the Longship had. (http://www.themiddleages.net/people/vikings.html)
Though the Vikings seemed to have done so much for the history of the world, they are still considered bad guys because of their raids that caused so many people to end up dying, and they injured many more, trying to get items that were not important and they would not take these item in to the afterlife with them, where I am sure that their many murdered did go with them.
"Viking Helmets - Did Viking Helmets Have Horns." European History The History of Europe. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/thevikings/a/histmyths6.html.
Vikings." Middle Ages - Medieval Resources. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.themiddleages.net/people/vikings.html.
"Define:bad Guy - Search." Google. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&q=define%3Abad+guy.
"Define:good Guy - Search." Google. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&defl=en&q=define:good+guy&ei=emamS5SRDYKglAe-xLmOAQ&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title&ved=0CAkQkAE.
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