For more than 200 years‚ two great religions clashed in a fight for the possession of the Holy Land‚ or Jerusalem. To the Christians‚ Jerusalem was where Christ was crucified and resurrected. To the Muslims‚ Jerusalem was the place where their prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven to meet their god‚ Allah. The series of holy wars that these two religions fought for the possession of the holy land was called the Crusades‚ and they were one of the bloodiest wars in history. These wars were caused primarily
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Thesis Statement: To what extent did Attila the Hun influence Europe to fortify their defences? Attila the Fear-Inducing Conqueror Evan Court Ms. Lingley History 10 DP 18/06/12 Intro This investigation is on the extent of the influence that Attila the Hun had on Europe to strengthen its defences. My main form of investigation is to argue that he did not actually influence them to fortify their defences at all
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more complex background than most are aware of. The Huns wrote very little but it is known that Attila the Hun was a fierce warrior and king who led the Huns during the fifth century and harassed the Roman Empire.[i] Throughout the years‚ Attila constantly posed a threat towards the Roman Empire and most of Europe and Asia‚ conquering and destroying all who stood in his way. The Huns were a nomadic confederation of European and Central Asian tribes who were known for being outstanding
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to an Orthodox Christian. Olga’s conversion was bold because she now belonged to a small religious minority among an majority of Kievan Rus paganists. Olga’s reason for conversion was to strengthen Kiev’s position to its powerful neighbor‚ the Byzantine‚ because Kiev’s Slavic neighbors had already adopted Christianity as their official religion. As a pagan holdout‚ Kiev found itself isolated from the diplomatic circles of Christian
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other eastern areas of religious journey from the control of the Muslims. Pope Urban II advanced from Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus for military help against the Turks. Urban accomplished so much to restore Papal honor after Gregory VII. While occupied with a religious voyage through French seas‚ he stop at Clermont 1095‚ and preached the First Crusade. The Muslim triumphs against the Byzantines and their close journey to Jerusalem said to be distrust to Christianity. Rather than seeking among
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Greeks‚ including Hippocrates‚ Aristotle‚ and Galen. A Byzantine physician was Alexander of Tralles‚ whose medical books were used throughout Europe in the following centuries. Institutional medicine was unknown in Europe during the early Middle Ages. Within the Byzantine state‚ however‚ hospitals-where the sick and injured could receive care-were established as parts of monastic communities. The study of medical books originating in the Byzantine world had a strong influence on the practice of medicine
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water and then spill out over to the aqueduct to its side... basically how to pump water from the river without using a pump. Apparently the wheels are all a-spin in the summer when there’s more water. History Norias were first developed in the Byzantine Era which is around the 13th century when they used to supply the town with water. The water wheels are 20m in diameter and the can be as tall as a five storey building. At one time there were more than 30 Noria wheels during the medieval times
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in the empires described in this chapter? • All empires controlled large areas and populations. • All empires were brought together by conquest and funded in part by extracting wealth from conquered peoples. • All empires stimulated the exchange of ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All empires ultimately collapsed. 2. In what ways did these empires differ from
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The poem "Sailing to Byzantium" is one of the most substantial pieces included in W.B. Yeats ’s final book "The Tower". Created in the later years of his life‚ many of the poems in The Tower deal with the issues of old age and leaving the natural world‚ but none so strongly as "Sailing to Byzantium". Byzantium itself symbolized eternity to Yeats; it was an ancient city that represented a place of artistic and intellectual permanence. Yeats believed that ""in early Byzantium‚ maybe never before or
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Ernest Hemingway once said‚ “Never think that war‚ no matter how necessary‚ nor how justified‚ is not a crime.” When groups of Christians responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against the harmonious Muslims‚ they were starting a series of wars that would destroy both sides. The First Crusade‚ which took place during the late eleventh century CE‚ was an “endeavor” which Christians set out on a religious pilgrimage led by Pope Urban II. This endeavor was supposedly backed by God‚ in which
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