technologies New tools from Asia spurred agriculture from the !0th century onward New crops in Africa Increase in food production Mediterranean trade Technological gains from the Arabs First paper factory 11th/12th centuries‚ contact with Byzantines and the Arabs taught new mathematics sciences and philosophies Stages of Post Classical Development Catholic church advances and new empire briefly After 900 C.E. revival agriculture trade politics Feudalism and the church changes political
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Latia Jackson Pd.4 Mr. Neidich World History Expansion Essay Throughout the history expansion‚ groups have set out conquer various lands‚ people‚ and cities for a multitude of reasons; social‚ political‚ economic‚ and environmental. The three groups that are known for their similar expansion efforts are the Mongols‚ Spanish‚ and Ottoman. From 1180 to 1220‚ Mongolia experienced ad drop in temperature. This meant that the growing season would be cut short‚ and it would become difficult for
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APWH Exam Review Guide This is basically everything we’ve ever learned in APWH‚ which I’ve compiled all into one study guide for use on the AP Exam. I know it’s a lot‚ and I apologize: but we’ve learned a lot. I’ve gone through the entire Princeton Review Book: reading‚ highlighting‚ and annotating to make sure I’ve covered everything important‚ along with outlines‚ handouts‚ websites‚ and other books. I really want everyone to do well‚ and I know you all will anyway—but I think this will help.
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After the 4th century when Constantinople emerged as a great capital and church center‚ tensions sometimes arose between its leaders and the bishop of Rome. After the fall of Rome to Germanic invaders in 476‚ the Roman pope was the only guardian of Christian universalism in the West. He began more explicitly to attribute his dominance to Rome’s being the burial place of Saint Peter‚ whom Jesus had called the "rock" on which the church was to be built. The Eastern Christians respected that tradition
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of Christianity and Islam would reach its breaking point. The destruction of the Christian Church of the Holy Sepulcher by Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim‚ the capture of the city of Jerusalem by the Muslims and the ongoing tensions between the Christian Byzantine Empire and its Muslim neighbors‚ would prompt Pope Urban II to call for European Christians to take up arms and passionately state “whoever shall set forth to liberate the church of God at Jerusalem for the sake of devotion alone and not to attain
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Empress Theodora‚ wife of Justinian the Great‚ was one of the most powerful women ever known to Byzantine history. She rose from the humblest of beginnings to become one of the most influential and great of individuals. As Justinian wrote in one of his laws‚ she was “our most pious consort given us by God.” As a result of her reverence for God‚ she understood how to rule the empire in such a way that reflected who she had been given authority from. She sought to shape the reforms of Justinian and
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the surrounding land of his empire to catholic control. But I over herd one of the emperor’s servants’ talking about an agreement where the emperor provides everything we will need for the conquest but in return we return all the land to the Byzantine empire. It doesn’t seem like we have much of an option in the current state we’re in. Why Pope Urban II began the crusade Why the knights where influenced What Pope Urban II was trying to accomplish with the crusades was‚ the same
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however‚ the Seljuk Turks (also Muslim) took rule of Jerusalem and the surrounding Palestine region. The Turks endorsed Islam and ended religious freedoms for both Jews and Christians. The Turks attempted to expand their reign and began to invade the Byzantine Empire. The Christian emperor of Byzantium decided to seek help from the Pope‚ who in turn sent Christian forces from Western Europe to go to war with the Muslim armies and to stop the spread of Islam in the Holy Land. These wars left an everlasting
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Western culture From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article may contain original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding references. Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. More details may be available on the talk page. (May 2009) For this article ’s equivalent regarding the East‚ see Eastern culture. For the Henry Cow album of the same name‚ see Western Culture (album). Leonardo da Vinci ’s Vitruvian
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Han and Roman Empires The Roman Empire existed between 31 B.C.E to 476 C.E. and the Han Dynasty occurred 202 B.C.E. to 220 C.E. They existed at same times but were on opposite ends of Eurasia. They both had regions that were ruled by either kings‚ viceroys or governors in the name of the emperor. They were both similar in slavery‚ government‚ and their downfall. They also had their differences in religion‚ military‚ and center of power. Both civilizations had very strong central governments
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