in Rome or the Byzantine emperor had religious authority. An early dispute erupted over the use of icons‚ or religious images. In the year 730‚ the Byzantine emperor‚ Leo III‚ banned the use of icons in Christian homes and churches. The pope disagreed with this and Pope Gregory III went as far as excommunicating the emperor. In 843 the ban was lifted‚ but the split
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Turkish Reform Under Mustafa “Ataturk” Kemal: A Review on the Six Arrows of Kemalism In the aftermath of World War I‚ the once great Ottoman Empire was left in shambles. After having lost almost all of the empire’s territory to European mandates in 1918‚ what little they had left became occupied by Allied troops. In order to return the Turkish people to their former glory‚ the Turkish War for Independence was fought‚ resulting in the creation of a new government in Ankara. By 1923‚ this government
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Years ago‚ Oscar Wilde wrote that “The only good thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself”. However‚ when in practice‚ good advice helps immensely with making good decisions‚ while ignoring said advice may cause problems. The ignorance of good advice perpetuates itself more than ever in military history. Throughout the ages‚ military leaders have intentionally ignored good advice and acted against it‚ causing said leaders to suffer significant losses. This
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In my art piece the colors of the balcony represent the stars. Each color is a color that correlates to a star such as the light blue correlates to the hue of Alpha Centauri. For me the scene shows the vastness of space the endless possibilities. How Juliet compared Romeo to the stars showed me how each star is different. Also it shows how bright our universe is it shows the color of the sky. Also the reason why it contrasts the way up shows how much we really know about space. That we don’t know
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Constantine the Great Flavius Valerius Constantinus {II}‚ otherwise known as Constantine or even Constantine the Great‚ was born in 280 in Naissus Moesia (which is now modern day Syria). His father the original Flavius Valerius Constantinus‚ was an officer for the Roman Empire. His mother’s name was Helena. We don’t know much about her. All we know is that she was a Christian from the beginning. When Constantine grew older they sent him to the court of Diocletian. Diocletian was the emperor of the
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The Western Empire seemed to derive most of its knowledge and theories from those of the Eastern Empire after the fall of Rome. Astronomy and medicine are two of the specific examples discussed concerning the backgrounds and beginnings of western sciences. The Greek and Islamic background to Western astronomy deals with realists and instrumentalists‚ the realists representing physical reality and the instrumentalists predicting concepts with the idea that physicist ’s models are mere convenient
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In spite of the fact that preachers like Patrick and Augustine had made Christianity immensely fruitful in the British Isles‚ there was truly just a single tribe in the entire of territory Europe who were standard Christians — the Franks‚ whose King had changed over in 496. The others were all agnostics or Arians. This changed when Charles the Great‚ or "Charlemagne" moved toward becoming King of the Franks‚ administering from 771 to 814. He was an incredible military hero‚ and directed this ability
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The political split was first formalized by Emperor Diocletian‚ who split the eastern and western halves of the empire into separate administrations. The splits were institutionalized by Constantine‚ who moved his capital to the city of Byzantium. He did it because the empire was too big for one seat of administration to manage. Also the Easter (Greek) part of the empire resented the rule of the western (Latin) part of it‚ so this was also to appease the people of the eastern part of the empire.
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The Crusades Leading up to the year 900 many groups destroyed the centers of learning in Western Europe. When about the year 900 came along there was a spiritual revival among the church clergy. The Church began reconstructing itself both inside and out. Both the Church itself functioning and also places of worship. One hundred years later‚ “holy wars‚” called Crusades were launched. These wars lasted for an extensive 300 years. Many problems stimulated reformation of the church between the years
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The crusades were a series of religious battles fought in the 11th century between Christians and the Muslims. The third crusade‚ fought between Saladin and Richard the lion hearted between June7 and July 15‚ was critical for the Muslims. It was the third crusade which was fought between two very influential political leaders‚ Saladin Ayubi and Richard the lion hearted. Saladin led a series of expeditions to bring‚ Jerusalem‚ the third holiest city back under the Muslim control. This would allow
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