African Kingdoms and Empires During 400 AD‚ West Africa witnessed the rise and fall of the indigenous medieval empires of ancient Ghana‚ medieval Mali‚ and Songhai. Many other states and kingdoms arose during this time but Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai achieved the status of fully-fledged‚ functioning and long-living conquest states and expansionist empires. These empires regulated the Trans-Saharan trade by offering protection for trade caravans as well as taxing slaves‚ gold‚ firearms‚ textiles and
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Extra Credit Movie 1st 9 Weeks What prophecy did the Huns have? unite the tribes and challenge Rome for the right to rule the world What happens to Attila’s father? How does Attila survive? Attila’s father dies / Attila picks up an arrow and stabs it into a horseman’s knee and the horseman then falls off his horse and Attila steals the horse and rides away Who is the red-headed woman and why does Attila spare her? Nacara / she impressed Attila with her bravery Why is Flavius Aetius released
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Explain why Pope Urban II called for a Crusade in Clermont 1095. One reason‚ or trigger for Pope Urban calling the crusade would have been Alexius’ request for his help. Alexius asked for Pope Urban’s aid in helping him to fight the Turks; this is because they were closing in and starting to invade Constantinople‚ which was the main frontier between the Christian and Islamic worlds. Emperor Alexius felt threatened by the Turks‚ and knew that Pope Urban in him being the head of the Church (the
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Sultan Saladin Sultan Saladin was the first Sultan/Emperor of Egypt and Syria. Saladin also established the Ayyubid dynasty. Saladin was born 1138 in Tikrit‚ Iraq and died on 4 March 1193 in Damascus‚ Syria. Saladin was married to Ismat ad-Din Kahtun and had 7 sons. Saladin was a Muslim military and political leader who led Islamic Forces during the Crusades. He was raised in a Kurdish‚ Sunni‚ military family‚ he quickly rose the ranks within the Muslim society as second in charge to the
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To what extent was the Russian state more stable in 1881 than in 1855? By 1881‚ Russia had greatly changed. Reforms had been carried out‚ creating less of a gap between the social classes‚ and making society a fairer place. There were also developments in industry‚ helping Russia catch up with the western world. However‚ the country was still ruled in a way that out pleasing the autocracy over helping the peasants‚ and there was still not total freedom for everyone. The first way the Russian state
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The First Crusade is a multifaceted event that is often oversimplified or misconstrued as an analogy for modern-day conflicts. In the last four decades‚ however‚ the field has seen a significant overhaul when analyzing the Crusade. Instead of focusing on singular causes‚ historians now take a pluralist‚ “interdisciplinary”‚ approach when determining the reasons for the First Crusade. These reasons are highlighted in Pope Urban II’s powerful speech‚ Speech at Clermont. His speech‚ in itself‚ is complex
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“I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.”(Hilaire Belloc). This is very true because the Crusades did not have a lot of kid friendly material and were very violent. The army that lead the attack was filled with “ten of thousands of peasants‚ nobles‚ and clergy responded to Urban II’s call.”(The First Crusaders PowerPoint). Jerusalem was a holy ground for the Christians and was taken by the Muslims. When the Crusaders entered Jerusalem‚ a bloodbath commenced with
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The year was 1095‚ standing at the Council of Claremont‚ with all the great names of Europe secular and ecclesiastic standing in silence as Pope Urban the 2nd had finished his speech over how they should retake the Holy Lands of Jerusalem. Then‚ Pope Adhemar has entered‚ stating that he will take any willing Christians and lead them to capture the Holy Lands. Thus‚ the First Crusade was in effect‚ led by Pope Adhemar with the 1st crusade army‚ consisting with 5 different armies with 5 different leaders
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Explain why Pope Urban II called the First Crusade Pope Urban II called the first crusade because the Muslims were attacking Christians and Christian property. Pope Urban II saw the Muslims as enemies to God as they were attacking Christian churches in Jerusalem which were holy to Christians. The Muslims were also brutally attacking Christians. This angered the Pope so he therefore felt it was necessary to fight for Christians in the West to defend Christendom in the name of Christ. The Pope now
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A History of the World in Six Glasses Written by: The beautiful Jack Liu 1. Describe the origins of wine and evidence of this. The earliest physical evidence of wine was in 5400 BCE‚ with residue found in a pottery jar from Hajji Tepe. Hajji Tepe is a Neolithic village located in the Zagros Mountains. 2. Describe how the Greeks distinguished themselves from the “non-civilized.” The Greeks distinguished themselves from the non-civilized in many ways. For example‚ the uncivilized would drink beer
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