important question is‚ but was the Mongol Empire brilliant or brutal? The documents that we read support that the Mongol empire was brutal. I will use documents 1 and 4 to support my arguments. The first reason the Mongol Empire was brutal has to do with the document on code of conduct whosever commits adultery will be executed. This evidence helps explain how the Mongol empire was brutal because they killed allot of people. A second reason the Mongol empire
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The Roman Empire gave way to a new Religious Belief. Changing their ways from a polytheistic religion (the greek gods) to a monotheistic religion (Christianity). This begin through Christian dissenters and then was accepted through the emperor Constantine. Although Constantine made Christianity accepted throughout the Roman Empire‚ Theodosius the Great made Christianity the main religion in the empire. Up until 300-600 CE Rome had been a polytheistic religion. The romans believed in multiple gods
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The Empires of Persia Chapter Questions: Answer on your own paper. 1. Why does the book say that Darius was "more important as an administrator than as a conqueror"? Darius built a new capital at Persepolis Center of a sophisticated bureaucratic state Created the Twenty-three satrapies(governors) Created weights and Measurements One central Coinage (Currency) and standardized taxation He had tolerance: Spies to check every level of gov’t 2. How did Darius organize his empire politically
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The Persian Empire was successful in expanding to become the largest empire up to their time. Cyrus became ruler of the Perisan Empire in 559 BCE and clamed control of all regions stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Halys River. Threatened by this‚ the Lydians‚ led by their king Croesus‚ attacked the Persians before they even attempted to conquer them. The Persians emerged victorious‚ and their expansion began. They then invaded and took over the Mesopotamian region. Cyrus was unlike previous
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Suleiman the First‚ was the 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire‚ who first came to a leadership position as a prince at the age of 17 as a governor. Suleiman was well known throughout Europe and the Ottoman empire as “Suleiman the Magnificent” as well as “Suleiman the Lawgiver” for all the accomplishments he achieved as sultan. In Ottoman Empire‚ all people are considered slaves beneath the sultan‚ not in a derogative way as one nowadays would think but in a cultural and religious aspect. Lybyer (1913)
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was built up by large empires characterized by constant patterns of change‚ trade‚ and considerable changes in technologies. In 1492 CE these civilizations got global‚ meaning that the interactions among these different societies stopped being regional. Two empires who were very important during the Postclassical Period were the Byzantine Empire and China. Geographically these civilizations were far apart‚ but as they developed‚ they became two of the most influential empires of the time. Also‚ as
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1829. During their struggle for independence‚ there was a variety of views coming from people throughout Europe. Many European countries supported this act‚ while others felt it was very important for the Greeks to stay under rule of the Ottoman empire. The point of views varied from liberal minded people who had negative feelings towards the turks‚ who were autonomies‚ therefore sympathized for the Greeks wanting to self-rule‚ a christian perspective (many of which also happen to be greek)‚ and
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The Ottoman Empire was under control by the Muslims‚ and during that time era‚ there was a system called devshirme. “It was no wonder then that Ottoman Christians deployed many strategies to avoid the devshirme” (Strayer‚ p. 495). The devshirme system was a convolute situation to stay away from because there would be Ottoman officers collecting all the young Christian boys. It was a devastating for the parents getting their sons taken away from them. Strayer states that the parent’s bargain with
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire By: Linus Kollie Period: 7R 3/5/13 The fall of the Western Roman Empire was due to excess corruption‚ the role of shifts in power‚ increased technology beyond its borders‚ economic problems such as trade‚ dependents on slavery‚ and less on the part of roman farmers. Germanic invasions also caused the fall. This made the fall of such a large cumbersome empire inevitable. Enemies always described Rome as a bridge that was once not passable. It was the America
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The general setting in the New Testament is the Roman Empire. This is the world that the writings of the New Testament are born in and interact with. The Roman Empire provides a political‚ economic‚ societal‚ and religious framework for the New Testament’s claims‚ language‚ structure‚ and scenes. The Roman Empire was being run by Augustus Caesar around the time of Jesus’ birth‚ around 5 or 6 B.C. Luke 2:1 tells us‚ “And it came to pass in those days‚ that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus
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