life and granting God’s wishes‚ those in power mostly started the Crusades for political gain‚ like in the case of the Pope who desired power over Jerusalem. Long before the Crusades started‚ the Christian Empire was split into two groups-- The Byzantine Empire and the Roman Catholic Empire‚ this was called “The Great
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Caliph al Ma’mun founded a school in Baghdad called the House of Wisdom. Caliph al-Mansur sent an embassy to the Byzantine emperor to request translations of books on mathematics. The Byzantine emperor sent him Euclid’s Elements and other works on physics. Muslim scholars then studied these books and anticipated to obtain more. Al- Ma’mun sent ambassadors and translators to the Byzantine Empire‚ for searching out works on Greek sciences and have them translated into Arabic. Euclid‚ Apol-lonius of
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Ernest Hemingway once said‚ “Never think that war‚ no matter how necessary‚ nor how justified‚ is not a crime.” When groups of Christians responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against the harmonious Muslims‚ they were starting a series of wars that would destroy both sides. The First Crusade‚ which took place during the late eleventh century CE‚ was an “endeavor” which Christians set out on a religious pilgrimage led by Pope Urban II. This endeavor was supposedly backed by God‚ in which
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them with his stories to spread the use of Greco-Roman ideas. Change: In the tenth century‚ towns in the Latin West were very small and not urbanized‚ but as the later Middle Ages occured they grew dramatically‚ becoming almost as large as the Byzantine Empire. This change occured because of Latin West’s ties with the outside world. Manufacturing and long distance trade by sea were the major reasons for urbanization among the Latin West. Not only that but the expansion of the Mongol Empire to the
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Shanti Empire Through out the course of this school year‚ we have learned and examined multiple civilizations. For this project‚ we had to create our own ultimate civilization-gathering achievements from other civilizations and piecing them together to from the perfect Utopia. Like with Mesopotamia‚ Ancient Egypt‚ Ancient China‚ Ancient Greece and just about every early civilization-location played a vital role in the upbringing and culture of the peoples. My civilization resides in where
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In 844 AD a Viking fleet attacked Nantes‚ Toulouse‚ Gijon‚ Lisbon and Seville‚ where they were defeated by the Moors and forced to retreat back to Aquitaine . The attacks on Paris began in 848 AD‚ where the city was looted. Paris was once again attacked by the raiders three more times during the 860s‚ where the Vikings left exclusively after collecting enough riches from the city or bribes from the authorities. These series of attacks led the French leaders to fortify the city and build wooden bridges
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These royal and religious followers began to enter into Asia Minor from different directions in early May of 1097. This happened shortly after recent and harsh failures at Antioch in March of 1097. If these crusading armies did not attack the local Byzantines and Turks along the way‚ the Turks would not have been warned of their strategies and attempts to besiege Antioch. Towards the end of June‚ in the year 1098; these prestigious Crusaders gained control of the city‚ but shortly‚ not learning from
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The Significance of the Coronation of Charlemagne By Monica Fleener Western Oregon University HST 499: Senior Seminar Professor Kimberly Jensen Spring 2005 Primary Thesis Advisor: Dr. Benedict Lowe Secondary Thesis Advisor: Dr. Narasingha Sil I. On Christmas Day in the year 800 A.D. Charlemagne‚ king of the Franks and part of the Carolingian line‚ 1 was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III (795 - 816).
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through many cultural and political changes‚ such as the split of the region into eastern and western halves and the rise of Christianity. However‚ despite these changes‚ the Roman Empire was able to keep its laws fundamentally the same throughout the Byzantine Empire. At the beginning of the third century‚ Rome was in the height of Pax Romana (Latin for “Roman Peace”). Even so‚ the nation was facing extreme economic issues as well as internal and external battles. The Roman Empire had become too large
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Athanasius‚ “Father of Orthodoxy”‚ viewed as one of the Great Doctors of the Church in the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Athanasius venerated as a great saint within the Western Christianity‚ Coptic Orthodox‚ Roman Catholic‚ Oriental and Eastern Orthodox churches‚ the Lutherans‚ and the Anglican Communion. His theology was instrumental in establishing the meaning of salvation‚ the Trinity and the Godhead within the Christian Faith. Athanasius grew up in a wealthy family who could
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