It is known historically that the Crusades started because the emperor of the Byzantine Empire was afraid of the Turks threat to invade‚ leading him to ask Pope Urban II for help. The pope then decided to start a series of wars‚ known as the Crusades‚ to take the holy land‚ Jerusalem‚ back from the Arabs. Although it is still a question whether helping the emperor was truly the motive of the pope. At this time the pope was also struggling with the Investiture Controversy‚ a power struggle between
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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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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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The Ottoman Empire lived longer than many states in the past because its lifetime was about six hundred. So‚ how did the Ottoman Empire survive so long? In my opinion‚ it was because of the diversity and religious tolerance in the Empire‚ a good administration‚ and military talents and techniques‚ so I can pick some of them to show them as the major historical legacies of the Ottoman Empire‚ such as the diversity and religious tolerance‚ and military talents and techniques. In addition to this‚ I
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The era dominated by the Roman Empire was one of the most well-known and influential periods of ancient history; that is until 476 A.D. when the empire collapsed. Rome’s rule of much of the Mediterranean and vast sections of Europe and Southwest Asia and remained in power for over 1000 years! So why would such a massive empire fall? Rome’s many issues led to its fall as there was no one single reason to why‚ but instead had a series of problems that grew much too large to solve. Unfortunately‚ no
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Empires fall for many reasons like the Roman Empire and the Han Empire such as wars and the spread of disease While others rise in their place by using their military strength reasons. In this paper will be going through Empires and the reason they fall and rise. One main reason Empires fell was because of the spread of diseases like smallpox and the bubonic plague. One of the empires that fell ill to disease was the Han empire‚ the disease smallpox spread because of the silk road from other parts
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Downs of the Roman Empire Kathleen Yarbrough Post University September 17‚ 2017 Ups and Downs of the Roman Empire I found many reasons for the rise and fall of the Roman Empire‚ many of them are facts and some were not. The Roman Army was one reason the Roman Empire flourished. " The Roman Army is recognized by historians as an extremely effective fighting machine." (The Roman Army‚ 2015-2016) Although there is a lot of information about the rise and fall of the Roman Empire many of the things
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technology improved‚ yet our knowledge increased greatly about many things. Although‚ we couldn’t have known any of this great information without the help of geniuses from WAY back in the past. From 750 to 1258‚ lay a new empire in Baghdad‚ Mesopotamia~ the Abbasid Empire. The Abbasid Empire began to flourish and become prosperous. Their great wealth enabled the Abbasids to support education‚ along with art. In the beginning‚ Muslims were simple and did not really cultivate for education. However‚ once
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