economic shifts as populations grew and societies 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
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of Confucianism‚ the Han dynasty was eventually able to recover from its decline‚ and enter another golden age centuries later. Despite its impact on later civilizations‚ such as the United States of America‚ and cultural preservation through the Byzantine Empire‚ the Roman Empire itself was never able to make a comeback. The Han dynasty and Roman Empire both experienced similar declines. Social unrest was one major factor in the collapse of the Han dynasty and Roman Empire. In the case of
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occasions‚ they established peaceful trading relationships with civilizations. One example is the Byzantine Empire. Because of Constantinople’s ideal location and access to a variety of goods‚ the Vikings engaged in constant trade with the empire. They also played a role in protecting the waters around Constantinople. The Vikings left an impact of European cultures by integrating them into trade with the Byzantine Empire. Along with goods‚ ideas‚ cultures‚ and religions spread to Europeans as a result of
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Question: With the collapse of the classical civilizations‚ post-classical civilizations arose shortly thereafter. Compare the factors that led to the rise post-classical civilizations from 500 CE to 1200CE between two of the following regions- Europe‚ East Asia‚ Africa or the Middle East. Model Essay Comparison Essay Post-Classical Civilizations With the collapse of the Roman‚ Gupta and Han empires‚ the world was left in a period of chaos with little structure in most areas. However after
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Cantilever Construction 4. Trussed Construction Introduction The Historical Timeline of Architecture Egyptian Byzantine Pre-Historic NEAR EAST EGYPTIAN Greek Roman Early Christian Romanesque Gothic Renaissance GREEK ROMAN EARLY CHRISTIAN history of architecture PRE-HISTORIC 18th-19th C: Revival 20th C: Modern Near East Islamic BYZANTINE ROMANESQUE GOTHIC RENAISSANCE 18TH-19TH C REVIVAL 20TH C MODERN ISLAMIC INDIAN Indian Chinese &
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THE FOURTH CRUSADE The Crusades in the middle ages helped define religious and political life during this era. Life in the middle ages revolved around what was happening with the Pope and his anticipations for the next Crusade. The focuses of the crusades were ideally to unite the churches to bring back Christian leadership and control in the Holy Land‚ that is‚ Jerusalem. One of the most impacting crusades is known as the fourth Crusade when Innocent III was pope. The fourth crusade became
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As always happens‚ conversion to one religion comes with a huge transformation of cultural values from the converter to the converted. In the example of the Eastern Slavs‚ this resulted with the highly developed Byzantine intense influence on cultural and ideological affairs. The primary area of this effect was the alphabet. The Germanic tribes who came into contact with the Latins adopted the Latin alphabet‚ the Persians took the Arabic scripture‚ and the Khazars
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would also act as a kind of unifying force for Europe that was fractured since the Great Schism of 1054‚ an event which undermined the Pope’s authority. The schism created the rival body to the Pope; the Greek Orthodox church‚ seated in the great Byzantine Empire. Pope Urban’s source material for his speech
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The Silk Road is a trading route on the continent of Eurasia that stretches from the vast coast of China all the way to Eastern Europe. The trade route was at its greatest use from 200 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E. The society that began the Silk Road was the Han Dynasty in China in approximately 200 B.C.E. The Han Dynasty facilitated trade in the east‚ while the Roman Empire facilitated trade in the west and in Europe. The two empires traded many goods‚ as well as cultural aspects of each society’s way of
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the world’s culture. The Byzantium influence on the European culture is vast and some of the contribution that continue to affect people today‚ are their involvement in the modern calendar‚ codification of law and the silk industry. Firstly‚ the Byzantine abbots are accountable for establishing the modern calendar that is most commonly used now. The monasteries were left with the task of preserving history and literature due to fewer people learning to read and write. They hand-copied manuscripts
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