Pope Urban II gave a very motivational speech at The Council of Clermont. The speech was so motivational that it even motivated people to embark on the conquest to Jerusalem whom he did not even intend. The quest to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks was not only a religious escapade‚ but also unified the Christians‚ promised repentance of sin‚ promised fortune‚ happiness‚ and shame to those who did not serve God. Before the Pope called for a crusade to recapture Jerusalem‚ he noticed that the
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World History October 2‚ 2012 The fall of Roman Empire Have ever wondered why the Roman Empire fell? This fall has been an ongoing process for more than a century. The falling of the Roman Empire was caused by poor military‚ deadly illnesses‚ and disaster and destruction. There are other factors as well that could have lead to the fall‚ such as military problems. The wars were constant‚ and there was heavy military spending. The roman army needed more and more soldiers. Document B states
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History What caused The Fall Of The Roman Empire? By : Ileri Akinosun To a small extent the Barbarian invasion played a factor in the collapse of Rome but the main reasons why Rome collapsed was because of the political factors‚ economic causes and Christianity. There was lack of organization in the Roman government. The Roman government was made for small city-states and not for a huge empire of that of Rome‚ which made it very difficult and hard to control and rule over. The Emperors did not
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The Roman Empire has fell because of many reasons. One of the reasons the Roman Empire fell is because of disease. Disease spread all throughout the Roman Empire. In the “Fall of the Roman Empire” reading it said “Disease‚ which likely began to spread through Rome because of the large and active trade networks‚ also weakened Rome by killing off many people.” Another reason the Roman Empire has fell is because of drought. In the “Fall of the Roman Empire” reading it said “Drought and overuse of
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The fall of Rome was led by military‚ political‚ social‚ and economic factors over a long period of time. Military factors consists of the Germanic invasions‚ and decreasing Roman legions which lead to idea of mercenaries that only cared about money moreover Roman values. The Huns were migrating from central Asia to Eastern Europe‚ and ejected the Germanic peoples. The Visigoths‚ Ostrogoths‚ and other Germanic people invaded Roman territory seeking safety‚ but the legions couldn’t push them back
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The Gesta Version recorded that Pope Urban said as much‚ “Great is your reward in Heaven.” This previous quote follows the same path that the first two accounts discussed as well. Pope Urban knew that if he could make the men confidant in their eternal life then they would march wherever he told them to. This manipulation of a man’s spirituality was a very cunning move since a lot of the regular soldiers would have to come from the peasants of the nation. Thus‚ when Pope Urban told them that if they
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There are many things that the European culture had that was because of the Byzantium Empire. If not for these contributions‚ then there could be a remarkable difference in how things are today. The Byzantium Empire’s contributions to European culture has had an effect on society today through architecture‚ economy and laws. First‚ the architectural contributions that the Byzantium Empire had given to the European culture will be discussed. One of the architectural achievements of the empire was
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Pope Urban’s speech attempted to get people to please the God by following his law. By following his rules‚ he was able to get the church more power by making people terrified by the thought of going to hell. The only possible way for people to achieve that goal is by going to the crusade and annihilating all Non-Christians to take Jerusalem. During Pope Urban’s speech‚ he said‚ “.. if there is any deformity or crookedness contrary to God’s law‚ with divine help I will do my best to remove it” because
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The Christian Crusades were a series of battles between the Muslims and the Christians in order to claim the Holy Land as their own. Religious and economic tensions are the causes of these numerous crusades. For starters‚ religious tensions occurred when Muslims taught the message of the prophet Muhammad. These teachings went against the christian teachings and the what the christian church believes. Muslims thought they would be able to overrun the traditional christian ideas. At the time‚ Pope
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The “fall” of Rome was caused by many reasons. These reasons help us realize why Rome was successful and then became a failure. To begin with‚ Rome had economic problems. This was because people had the ability to enforce laws. Sometimes these laws were just not fair. Also money became a problem for the Romans. This was because rulers paid security more just to insure they wouldn’t die. Rome lost much money from this and had to start collecting taxes. Also sometimes the fact people could not trade
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