La inganekwane yomlando ekhetheke kakhulu ngezikhathi ezithile, inesimo esibucayi esikhethekile kubalandi abajula kulezo zilungiselelo ezithile. Amacala afana nalawa URobert Graves, I-Waltari o USantiago Posteguillo.
Ikusasa lomhlaba wethu lingenza impucuko yosuku ibe yisizinda sayo yonke into. Ngoba ku-hodgepodge yamanje, ekuhlanganisweni kokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke, sihlala sithola ama-nuances athile kakhulu avela ezinsukwini zenkazimulo yesiko ngalinye.
Kulezo zinkambo UNicholas Guild, ngokukhawuka kwakhe kokudala kusukela eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ekude lapho aqala khona Ken Follett, eneziza ezincikene nezomlando kodwa ezivame ukungabaza. Khona-ke usevele wathola emhlabeni wasendulo naseMpumalanga Ephakathi isiphambano sakhe sokuncibilikisa iziza zakhe ezinkulu.
Icala le-Guild, mhlawumbe ngenxa yalokhu kungahambi kahle ekushicilelweni kwayo, kungase kube elombhali othengiswa kakhulu okhohliwe futhi walulama njengoGuadiana, ongakaze abonwe ngokugcwele. Umlobi ohlale emangalisa, kodwa ojeziswa ngokwengxenye ngalokho kuzinikezela okunikezwa uphawu oluyiqiniso kakhulu, olubeka umsebenzi omusha lapho umuntu eqiniseka ngokutshela okuthile okuthakazelisayo, ngaphandle kokucindezela okwengeziwe.
Ebuyiselwe ngenxa yabafundi beSpanishi, imisebenzi yakhe yokuqala iphinde yakhishwa ngempumelelo enkulu.
Amanoveli aphezulu anconyiwe we-Nicholas Guild
Insangu yaseSpartan
Ingxenye yokuqala yekhulu lesi-XNUMX BC. C.
Ngobunye ubusuku obubandayo ngaphandle kwedolobhana elithulile laseHelot, izelamani ezimbili zaseSparta, u-Éurito noTeleclo, ziqoshama ukuze zenze i-Krypteia yazo, isiko lasendulo lokudlulela egazini. Umndeni - ubaba, umama, nendodana - uyasondela; abahlomile futhi abakwazi ukuzivikela ... AbaseSparta baphumela ekukhanyeni kwenyanga futhi baqedele isiko ngokubulala umshado. Kodwa indodana, uProtos, ikwazile ukuphunyuka kuqala futhi iqedele uTeleclo kamuva.
Ngokushesha i-Sparta ithumela iqembu lamaqhawe ukuze liqedele umfana. Kodwa lo, ogama lakhe lisho ukuthi "abamiselwe ngaphambili", futhi onobuqili nekhono ngezikhali ezingavamile, uyaliqeda iqembu.
Ukomela kukaProtos ukuziphindiselela akupheli kulesi siqephu, inhliziyo yakhe ayisalwazi uzwelo. Abantu baseSparta baye bacindezela abantu babo amakhulu eminyaka, futhi bafuna ukuqeda amandla abo. Ukuze enze lokhu, waya eThebes, lapho axhumana khona noJenene Epaminondas, naye owayefuna idolobha lakhe lizikhulule ejokeni laseSpartan.
Njengoba uProtos ekhula eba umuntu omdala, uqala ukuqonda ukuthi impi yakhe siqu ngokumelene nababulali babazali bakhe nayo iyimpi yenkululeko.
OwaseMakedoniya
Ikhulu lesi-XNUMX BC IMakedoniya ibhekene nesikhathi esinzima, esikhungethwe imishikashika yangaphakathi emndenini wasebukhosini futhi ihlukunyezwa imibuso yemingcele ethanda impi. UPhilip, indodana yesithathu yeNkosi u-Amyntas futhi esemusha nje, uthunyelwa njengesithunjwa eThebes, lapho ezothola khona imfundo yezempi kujenene omkhulu u-Epaminondas.
Lapho ebuya, uzoveza ngokushesha amakhono akhe obuholi kanye nobuntu bakhe obumangalisayo. Futhi nakuba kwakungabhalwanga ukuthi wayezobusa, ukuphenduka okungalindelekile kwesiphetho kuzomenza athathe amandla, aguqule izwe lakhe libe amandla amakhulu wezwe lamaGreki futhi avule indlela yombuso omkhulu ozowudala indodana yakhe u-Alexander.
Wase-Asiriya
Ngekhulu lesi-XNUMX BC C. Tiglath Assur no-Asarhaddon, izelamani, abangani abahle kakhulu namadodana eNkosi yase-Asiriya, babelana ngamaphupho nezimfihlo, nakuba bazi ukuthi baqala kude kakhulu emgqeni wokulandelana komqhele. Kodwa ngemva kokuqokwa kwendlalifa esihlalweni sobukhosi, inhlupho yokuzibulala nokubulawa kwabantu, okuyisa i-Asiriya onqenqemeni lwempi yombango njengoba izizwe zamaqaba zihlasela izwe, sivula indlela.
Lezi izikhathi ezimbi lapho ukukhashelwa nokubulawa kwabantu okuchitha igazi, futhi abaningi babona amaphupho abo eshabalala. Njengoba kubikezelwa amabika, umzala wakhe, inkosazana ethandekayo u-Asharhamat, uzoshada nenkosi entsha. Izinkanuko zishayisana nepolitiki futhi abazalwane babhekana bodwa. Ngemva kokuwa kweBabiloni kufika ukuphakama kweNineve, futhi izelamani ezimbili kuzodingeka zicabange ukukhetha phakathi kwentando yonkulunkulu nezifiso zabo, okuzoshintsha isiphetho sombuso.
