Chapter 6(Africa) key concepts- *The varied enviroments of African regions had an important influence on the cultural and economic developments of societies. *Regional and long distance interactions among African societies and with outsiders helped create the cultural diversity that characterized the period * Various African societies played a major role in the larger networks of trade‚ including both the Trans- Saharan and Indian Ocean trade networks. * Islam’s spread to Africa had a significant
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authority. But they never believed that this authority allowed the papacy to overrule another church or that it made the pope into a universally reliable figure within the larger church. The Orthodox tradition asserted that the character and rights of the church were fully present in each local community of Orthodox believers with its own bishop. All bishops were equal‚ and patriarchs or synods of bishops exercised only an "oversight of care" among the body of coequal bishops. The precedence of honor
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Lippman‚ Nitai Patel‚ Jordan St. Rose Chapter 9--- Christian Societies Emerge in Europe‚ 600-1200 Block 7 1Q: How did the decline of the Byzantine Empire correlate with the growth in the power and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire in Western Europe? A: The decline of the Byzantine Empire correlated with the growth and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire lost the grandeur‚ pomp‚ military might‚ and legal supremacy of the imperial office while the growth of the Holy Roman Empire
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As noted in more detail in the SparkNote on the Fall of the Roman Empire‚ beginning in the middle of the 3rd century CE‚ the Roman Empire faced increasing Germanic tribe infiltration and internal political chaos. Romans set up generals as emperors‚ who were quickly deposed by rival claimants. This pattern continued until Diocletian (r. 284-305) rose to power in 285. He and Constantine (324-337) administratively reorganized the empire‚ engineering an absolute monarchy. Constantine the Great patronized
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distinctive sects of Jews will have diverse approaches of being righteous. For modern orthodox‚ they are more assimilated in the American community that they are living in and are more open to modern ideas. They also dress in modern clothing and seem to be less conservative on their culture. In other words‚ they “blend” with the American community‚ and can’t be distinguishable from others. Even though modern orthodox have the acceptance towards contemporary ideas‚ they are committed to their religion
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Chapter 12 1. A) Justinian I was an emperor of the Byzantine Empire. He reformed the roman laws by rearranging them and putting them in order. The revised law code called Justinian’s Code. B) Theodora influenced the nika revolt because she stood strong and convinced her king to do the same. C) Justinian could have made his achievements by being more conscious of how much land his government could support when he was taking over the land to the west. 2. A) A mosaic is a piece of art comprised
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split of the church into two branches‚ Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox‚ and the ruination of structure in Europe caused by the black plague. A continuity in Europe was the importance of the Church. The importance of the church happened because of how the earlier empires used Christianity as a unifier. The popularity of Christianity was first spread during the decline of the Roman Empire. It’s popularity became enforced by the Byzantine Empire‚ when Justinian tried to rebuild the Roman Empire. Justinian
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January 12th‚ 2011 Important Individuals in History Project: Empress Theodora (c. 500-548) Theodora of Byzatium‚ also known as Empress Theodora‚ was the empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Along with her husband; she is a saint in the Orthodox Church. Theodora was born into the lower class of Byzantine society in Constantinople around the year 500 CE to a bear keeper for the circus and an actress/dancer. Her father died when Theodora was a child; her mother in need
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The Ottoman Empire lived longer than many states in the past because its lifetime was about six hundred. So‚ how did the Ottoman Empire survive so long? In my opinion‚ it was because of the diversity and religious tolerance in the Empire‚ a good administration‚ and military talents and techniques‚ so I can pick some of them to show them as the major historical legacies of the Ottoman Empire‚ such as the diversity and religious tolerance‚ and military talents and techniques. In addition to this‚ I
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"The Crusades: series of wars by Western European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims." (Encarta "Crusades") The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem‚ which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred. Europeans later used it to allocate any military
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