the pope’s motives in crowning Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor? - By crowning him emperor‚ the pope established the significant precedent that only the pope could confer the imperial crown. - He was worried about a conflict with the Byzantines. The Byzantine Empress Irene was rumored to have considered a marriage to Charlemagne‚ and his coronation as emperor‚ was seen as an insult to Byzantium. How could Charlemagne create such a powerful empire? - Charlemagne mostly enlarged his empire through
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Richard Abels‚ Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont urged the princes of Christendom for an equipped “pilgrimage” to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims. Amid his objectives was the establishment of the Gregorian papacy by conveying the Greek Orthodox Church beneath the papal power. He also made internal alteration his main emphasis was against simony and other clerical manipulations‚ predominant during the Middle Ages. Urban II manifested himself as an expert and influential
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Emperor Justinian I Justinian I (A.D. 482 – 565) was the Byzantine or East Roman Emperor from 527 A.D. until the year of his death. He was born in Illyria‚ a part of Macedonia that is now in Yugoslavia and was the son of a Slavonic peasant. His original name was Sabbatius. He moved to and was educated in Constantinople. Justinian never traveled much‚ spending most of his time in Constantinople. He once thought of leaving because of the rebellion occurring during the Nika riots‚ but made
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AP World History Midterm Exam Review Chapter 8 1. What specifically did the following regions or peoples diffuse through trade? China: India: Arabs: The Americas/Mesoamerica: Eurasia and North Africa: 2. The Silk Roads were land-based trade routes linking pastoral and agricultural peoples as well as large civilizations. How were goods transported along the Silk Roads to sustain the networks of exchange among its diverse people? 3. What region became the center of the Indian
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curious contradiction; that the Slavophiles held on to essentially western and secular doctrines3 while promoting their idealistic faith in the “native and primarily Slavic elements in the social life and culture of ancient Russia‚” as well as in the Orthodox Church. An examination of the views that these men held involves a broad and in-depth look at numerous factors‚ of which several will now be explored. The Slavophiles were opposed to associating Russia with the West; however‚ they did still have
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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR For Greece’s Economy‚ Geography Was Destiny By ROBERT D. KAPLAN Published: April 24‚ 2010 THE debt crisis that caused Greece to ask for an international bailout on Friday has been attributed to many things‚ all economic: Greece’s budget deficits‚ its lack of transparency and its over-the-top corruption‚ symbolized by the words “fakelaki‚” for envelopes containing bribes‚ and “rousfeti‚” political favors. But there is a deeper cause for the Greek crisis that no one dares mention
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methods 9. Revere- to regard with respect; honour; adore 10. Transmittal- to send forward; communicate; to pass or spread (disease‚ infection‚ ideas) 11. Schism- division especially into mutually opposed parties (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) 12. Commercial Economy- 13. Grassroots movement- (political movement) includes common‚ ordinary people of a political party 14. Diplomacy- conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations 15. Stimulate-
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Medieval Monuments in Kosovo SCI 230 Introduction to Life Science There are numerous Monuments all around the world. The monuments in Kosovo have been around since Medieval times and are in need of repair since being damaged from the ongoing war. We need to get the Serbian clergy to co-operate with the Kosovo government to get them to make all of the needed repair. With the help of investors and donations from the public we can make this happen. Right now there are four monuments listed
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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 thing almost every other pope before him tried to accomplish‚ to gain more political power‚ and the opportunity came to him once he received a letter from his rival church‚ the eastern Orthodox Church. They asked for
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Russian-American Unification in the Mid-Twentieth Century and Alfred Reed’s Russian Christmas Music What makes a piece of music great? Is it the time and place it was premiered? Is its greatness defined solely by the reputation of the composer who wrote it? Why do some pieces become part of a canon of works‚ while others simply disappear in to the volumes of history? I believe it is a combination of all the above; however‚ the greatest element is a piece’s ability to speak to many people
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