A. Existing trade routes including the Silk Roads‚ the Mediterranean Sea‚ the transSaharan and the Indian Ocean basins flourished and promoted the growth of powerful new trading cities. (such as—to mention just a few— Novgorod‚ Timbuktu‚ the Swahili citystates‚ Hangzhou‚ Calicut‚ Baghdad‚ Melaka‚ Venice‚ and‚ in the Americas‚ Tenochtitlan or Cahokia) Hannah Shapiro and Eliza Antonowich Prior knowledge As new trade routes developed‚ major trading ports and cities were necessary to provide a
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Hellenistic Period (323-30 BCE) that embrace a range of emotions‚ providing us with an overpowering‚ multi-sensory experience as we view these pieces. The qualities and purpose of art during the Hellenistic Period were quite different from those of the Byzantine Era‚ to be further explored by comparing these two sculptures with the Justinian and Attendants mosaic from San Vitale in Ravenna‚ Italy. Through a formal analysis of these three works‚ the meaning‚ purpose and values of the culture that produced
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Years’ War between England and France (1337-1453) was comparable to which conflict in Ming China during the fifteenth century? Nothing; Ming China was internally unified‚ unlike Europe.. This Muslim empire forcibly imposed a Shia version of Islam as the official religion of the state. The Safavid Empire. Which of the following is a reason why Europeans put so much effort into expanding their power‚ while Chinese withdrew into their borders during the fifteenth century? European Christianity was
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proclamation was made three times‚ the king “was adored by the pope in the manner of ancient princes; and‚ the title of patricius being dropped‚ he was called emperor and augustus .” 2 The coronation of Charlemagne created the Holy Roman Empire‚ which endured until 1806. According to James Bryce‚ the coronation warrants the classification of the most important occurrence of the Middle Ages. Bryce also views the event as exceptional in that if the ceremony had not taken place‚ “the
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movement was a significant event in the history of medieval Europe. They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire‚ western Europe was not isolated‚ but a part of a greater world. Many things flowed along these trade routes. Some were good‚ such as paper‚ the compass‚ medicines and spices‚ new crops and advances in mathematics. Some were not so good‚ such as leprosy
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Early Christian architecture was centered in Rome‚ while Byzantine architecture was centered in Byzantium‚ also known as Constantinople. From these two cities‚ Early Christian architecture became disseminated throughout Europe and led to Christianity becoming the single most important phenomenon during this era
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World Civilizations - The Global Experience Fifth Edition AP Textbook Chapter 10: A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe In Depth Introduction Post Classical Period Fall of the Roman Empire Known as the Middle Ages Gradual recovery from the shock of the Roman Empire’s collapse Growing interaction with other societies (Mediterranean mostly) Forms of civilization Northward covering Western Europe Spread of new religious beliefs Christian missionaries converted people of polytheistic
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Lastly‚ the Christians claimed a reasoning in which they were rallying to help the Byzantine Empire against the invasions of the Seljuk Turks. Thus‚ in the year 1095‚ Pope Urban II called together the Council of Clermont to assemble the Franks to march unto the Holy Land to defend their Christian honor and to eradicate the infidels that littered
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The Emergence of the Middle Ages: 1000 AD When the Old World Order began to crumble with the fall of the Roman Empire and the break up of the Mediterranean the foundation was laid for a new type of civilization to emerge‚ a "western civilization". The Empire in the East continued‚ based in Constantinople.. It was the most obvious heir to the culture of the classical world. This culture still dominates Eastern Europe and Russia‚ through Orthodoxy. Islam was the religion of Arab townsmen
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life and granting God’s wishes‚ those in power mostly started the Crusades for political gain‚ like in the case of the Pope who desired power over Jerusalem. Long before the Crusades started‚ the Christian Empire was split into two groups-- The Byzantine Empire and the Roman Catholic Empire‚ this was called “The Great
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