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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central unit of worship in almost all Christian churches‚ but communion has been a source of conflict among Christians. The Eucharist can vary in tradition among the many denominations of Christianity. Because I attended the Catholic Church and Greek Orthodox Church‚ I will be focusing on one difference and two similarities between them. Both of these branches of Christianity do not agree on what the bread and wine actually represent or mean.
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714 Charles Martel → Frankish king who expanded in Germany and converted them began hereditary hierarchy in warrior elite and creates fiefdoms 800 Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor (shows relative weakness) = protection for Pope against Orthodox Church (iconoclastic crisis = challenges popes authority)‚ zenith of Islam‚ Roman magnates‚ and Lombards He creates the feudal order with its hierarchy‚ decentralized character‚ and rival centers of power Monks and priests are the literate
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It is known historically that the Crusades started because the emperor of the Byzantine Empire was afraid of the Turks threat to invade‚ leading him to ask Pope Urban II for help. The pope then decided to start a series of wars‚ known as the Crusades‚ to take the holy land‚ Jerusalem‚ back from the Arabs. Although it is still a question whether helping the emperor was truly the motive of the pope. At this time the pope was also struggling with the Investiture Controversy‚ a power struggle between
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Bibliography: Scaer‚ David P. James‚ the Apostle of Faith: a Primary Christological Epistle for the Persecuted Church. St. Louis‚ MO: Concordia Pub House‚ 1984. James‚ Orthodox Eastern Church. The Divine Liturgy of the Holy Glorious Apostle James‚ the Brother of God‚ First Hierarch of Jerusalem: Set to Melodies of the Russian Orthodox Church. Basking Ridge‚ NJ: Monastery of St. Mark of Ephesus‚ 1978. Painter‚ John. Just James: the Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition. 2nd ed. Columbia‚ S.C.: Univ
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IN WHAT WAYS WERE THE ROMANS HEIRS TO GREEK AND HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATION? The Hellenistic civilization marked an important time in Greek culture. This was the period between 323 and 31 BC‚ at one point the Greek society changed from being withdrawn and localized to an aggressive multinational‚ unprotected‚ and eager culture that infused together southwest Asia and eastern Mediterranean. The Hellenistic world involved many different people but the Greeks’ thinking and way of life influenced
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what it means to Orthodox Christians is inaccurate and almost offensive. Fairbairn decided to break the book into three parts so that he could properly explain Orthodoxy with a Western perspective. In the first part‚ Fairbairn explains where the source of the Orthodox Vision comes from. He claims that the source is Tradition. He talks about the tradition of the church and how we express said tradition. In the second part of the book he talks about the heart of the Orthodox Vision‚ which he asserts
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colonial rulers. This was when Muslim countries were colonized. 4. How did the Byzantine Empire differ from the Roman? The Byzantine Empire emerged from the Roman Empire’s eastern remains. At this stage‚ the East and the West were further separating‚ due to the Schism of 1054 CE. This meant that the Latin Christians of the West‚ and the Orthodox Christians of the East were further separating. Those of the East‚ the Byzantines‚ began to develop more of a Greek culture. They began to speak Greek‚ and adopted
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1. The reign of Peter the Great had a great impact on the Russian Orthodox Church. Peter did not particularly like the Russian Orthodox Church‚ he saw the church as backwards and still using their traditions which Peter did not like. He also saw the Church as rival to his power. The patriarch’s constant ceremonial presence‚ pretensions to co-sovereignty‚ and network of subordinate bishoprics and monasteries evoked an aura of theocracy. For many years the church operated autonomously‚ but this changed
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Vernacular Language HUMA215-1205B-09 Unit 2 Individual Project 1/20/13 LaToya Marible Abstract Vernacular language is somewhat of a unique language that has seems to have such a wide spread throughout the 11th-14th century. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of the impacts of vernacular language. After reading this paper you will understand what vernacular language is. Vernacular Language The spread for vernacular language was
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