1 Hazrat Umar Farroq Caliphate of Hazrat Umar Farooq Hazrat Umar: His life before becoming a caliph and his character Hazrat Umar belonged to the Quraishi family of Banu Adi. His father’s name was Khattab bin Nufail. The ancestry of Hazrat Umar coincided with the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in eighth generation. The name of Hazrat Umar’s mother Hantamah bint Hisham bin Mughairah. He was born in the Year of the Elephant (about 40 years before
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"The Crusades: series of wars by Western European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims." (Encarta "Crusades") The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem‚ which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred. Europeans later used it to allocate any military
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individuals. In some time periods‚ women were controlled completely by men and in others they were moderately controlled by men. This paper will focus on the roles of women in certain areas. The civilizations that I analyzed closely were the Roman Empire‚ Han China‚ Classical Greece‚ Byzantium‚ Egypt‚ and Europe during the Middle Ages. All these civilizations had some roles of women in common and others were completely different. We will be taking a look at women ’s roles in Love/ Marriage‚ Religion
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historic heart. Throughout its history Istanbul has been home to many civilizations the byzantine and ottoman empires being the most famous. As for today the city carries the characteristics of these two different cultures. Hagia Sophia is Istanbul’s most famous building it has a perfect synthesis of ottoman and byzantine architecture under one great dome. It is the biggest church constructed by the eastern Roman Empire in the Istanbul it has been constructed three times in the same locations. The main
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and the historical information‚ often vague. Historians have argued that perhaps it had been Charlemagne himself who instigated the coronation possibly as a means to consolidate his power and place himself and the Frankish empire on a par with the model in place in the Byzantine regions. Others have suggested that it was in fact the doing of the papacy at the time. Charlemagne had offered great support and interest in religious affairs and could be suggested that it had been a pre-emptive strike to
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Robert W. Strayer Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources Second Edition Chapter 10 The Worlds of Christendom: Contraction‚ Expansion‚ and Division‚ 500–1300 Copyright © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin’s I. Christian Contraction in Asia and Africa A. Asian Christianity 1. The challenge of Islam‚ yet many cases of tolerance: While Christianity had spread through much of North Africa and the Middle East‚ the unexpected rise of a new monotheistic faith meant the end of some Christian
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Justinian and Theodora were placing high taxes on the people. When the empire split‚ Justinian tried to take back the half that he lost and with all the money he was using to fight in the war he needed to get it from someone. After they placed the taxes on the people they began to rebel (Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire). The people were angry with Justinian about the high taxes and for the war effort to gain back the half he lost. The people
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became more complex. The classical empires of Rome‚ Han China‚ Gupta India and Archaemenid Persia fell due to external and internal forces and were replaced by the larger empires of the post classical Byzantine; Tsui‚ Tang and Song in China and the Caliphates in Persia. Only India did not return to an over reaching centralized empire. During the post-classical Dar el-Islam united much of Eurasia with a single religious adherence to Islam. Also‚ the largest empire the world was ever to see‚ the Mongols
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STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 9 1. By 100 b.c. What percentage of Italy’s people were enslaved? --Around forty percent of the population was enslaved. 2. How long did the Byzantine Empire last? --It lasted around 1‚000 years‚ give or take a few years. 3. The poet Horace wrote satires that __________________. --Poked fun of human weaknesses. 4. How did Romans honor there gods and goddesses? --They made burnt offerings and prayed to them every night. 5. What happened when the last Severan
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Rhonda Caton History 362 The Main Argument of Procopius The Secret History Procopius is considered to be a historian‚ who lived in the 6th century. From his works we are able to visit back into the Byzantine Empire‚ when Emperor Justinian reigned. Through the three books he created: “History of the Wars”‚ “The Buildings of Justinian”‚ and “The Secret History”‚ he is our primary source of information about the reign of Emperor Justinian. After reading “The Secret History”‚ I found the tone
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