Bayezid I- (r.1389-1402) Ottoman ruler who started to besiege Constantinople in 1395. The Europeans saw him as a new threat to Christendom‚ and Hungary’s king led English‚ French‚ German‚ and Balkan knights in a crusade against the Turks. He defeated them at Nicopolis‚ and moved their capital from Bursa to France. If Bayezid had not defeated the Christians‚ the Ottoman Empire might not have taken Constantinople. The armies of Timur defeated him near Ankara in 1402 where he was taken prisoner and
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Hammurabi Hammurabi lived nearly 4‚000 years ago and was ruler of a kingdom called Babylonia for 42 years. When he was in power‚ he ruled over approximately 1‚000‚000 people. When Hammurabi took power in 1792 B.C.E. he was king of most of Mesopotamia‚ the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In his 38th year of power‚ Hammurabi was instructed by the “god” of justice‚ Shamash‚ to have a Code of Law carved on a stone stele‚ (a large pillar-like stone). Hammurabi had 282 laws (BGE)‚ but the
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Unit 2 WIW Tyranny- cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others Areopagus- the supreme tribunal of Athens Marathon- a contest in which people compete with each other to see who can do something for the longest amount of time Sappho- Greek poet Thermopylae- locality E Greece between Mt. Oeta & Gulf of Maliakós; once a narrow pass along the coast Delian League- was an association of Greek city-states Helots- a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta Oligarchy- he people
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heavily ran through the Empire from Persia to Spain and from Britain to Egypt. It is believed that the smallpox virus spread under the ruling of Marcus Aurelius‚ the army contracted the disease while campaigning‚ while raiding the city of Seleucia in Babylonia. Those who had any direct contact with military activities helped the virus to spread through three major communication routes‚ such as trading routes‚ military movements and population movements. This plague caused 2‚000 deaths a day‚ totaling
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Almost 4000 there was a king named Hammurabi. He ruled over a small city-state called Babylon. Hammurabi Ruled for 42 years‚ but the first 30 were pretty uneventful and he only had power over Babylon which even though it was the capitol of Babylonia was pretty small. But the last 12 were when things got more interesting. Hammurabi devised a plan so that he would have almost absoulute power and even after he died he would have millions of people still following him. So he made a list of laws
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While technically the aqueduct is not a Roman invention‚ the Romans greatly improved on previous examples found in the ancient world in places like Egypt and Babylonia. Crucially‚ they exported hundreds of examples of their advanced version of the aqueduct‚ forever changing the face of urban civilisation wherever they settled. The first aqueduct in Rome was constructed in 321 BC. Many vestiges of Roman aqueducts remain as enduring monuments to Ancient Rome’s accomplishments in engineering and as
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Hammurabi’s Code I believe that there are some that need a harsh punishment to learn their lesson. Others need to be shown justice and mercy. Hammurabi’s Code provided a little bit of both almost 4‚000 years ago. It was 1792 B.C.E‚ when Hammurabi rose to power as the ruler of Babylon. After ruling for 30 years‚ he created a set of laws. These laws were called the “Hammurabi’s Code”. He created this code with 282 laws because he was concerned about keeping order in his kingdom. They were carved
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Mesopotamia vs. Indus River Valley 9/26/12 Ancient Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley civilization were two incredibly productive and successful empires. While Mesopotamian politics were slightly less focused on religion and more on other aspects‚ the two societies shared many social characteristics. They both had defined social hierarchies‚ as well as similar views on gender roles. These traits are helpful in explaining the similarities and differences between
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research of Alexander (2011)‚ he stated that “mathematics is seen not as the static skeleton of science but‚ instead‚ as a dynamic and historically evolving field in its own right – just like science itself.” Mathematics was developed early in Babylonia since 2000 BC. The Babylonian basis of mathematics was inherited by the Greeks and independent development by the Greeks began from around 450 BC. After that‚ mathematics continued to flourish in some countries such as Iran‚ Syria‚ and India. In
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bringing God’s kingdom of perfect harmony here to Earth. After the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C. and the captivity by the Babylonians that followed it‚ a few other doctrines were added to the religion that we now call Judaism. It was in Babylonia that the Israelites adopted and absorbed new ideas‚ like the personification of evil‚ which they named Satan‚ and the belief in the resurrection of the dead. Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam are monotheistic religions; I personally believe that there
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