shelter when they travel. Buddhism then becomes the primary religion on the silk roads. As trade increases‚ waves of Christian missionaries start to appear. Gregory the Wonderworker spreads Christianity to the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and further into Europe. This leads to the spread of Manichaeism. The prophet‚ Mani‚ viewed himself as a prophet for all humanity. He blended Christianity‚ Buddhism‚ and Zoroastrianism. After the collapse of the Roman Empire‚ the Byzantine Empire took control. Christianity
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CCOT Essay: China 100 CE-600 CE China’s culture and it’s values have stayed as mostly continuities and few or little changes. The teachings and values of Confucianism that were so strong that they have lasted throughout the centuries of Chinese history and is still well-known today. These values included guidelines on respect. Chinese civilization during the classical civilization was a patriarchy and with the Confucius teaching which created the outline of how a good family should work like. Patriarchy
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Motayam Bazrouk Mr.Wai Period 5 12-6-14 CCOT Essay During the 1800’s Europe went through a time where countries started wanting become united. These countries were Italy‚ Germany‚ Ottoman Empire‚ and Austria. The purpose for this was that Napoleon was constantly invading these countries and easily defeating them. This sparked the need and wants to become one unified country. In the case of Germany unifying their country lead to becoming one strengthened nation. In the situation of the Ottomans
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form of government in Japan and Western Europe at one time. Feudalism is a decentralized form of government. It was a major system for Japan for 700 years from the 12th century. In Western Europe‚ it was a major system from the 9th century to the 10th century. The two feudal systems were similar because they both went into a feudal period for protection. The difference is that the Japanese went into the feudal period for protection from internal invasions and Europe wanted to be protected from external
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The Black Death The Black Death almost wiped out all of Western Europe. The Black Death was carried by flea infested rat. These rats came from ships coming from Asia. The rats thrived in the filthy streets of Western Europe. The Black Death killed 1/3 of Western Europe’s population. Although the Black Death devastated Western Europe it also had many benefits such as higher wages for peasants‚ job opportunities for women‚ and innovations in the work place. One of the benefits of the Black
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In response to the growing threat of the Muslim expansion against the Holy Roman Empire and the rest of Europe‚ Pope Urban II set forth a hazardous request at the Council of Clermont in 1095 for an army of Eastern and Western Christian warriors and nobility to fight a Holy War against the Muslims and other religious heretics. Four crusade missions were led‚ three of which were sent in hopes of recapturing the Holy Lands in Palestine from the Muslims‚ but ultimately failed. The Fourth Crusade was
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The Role of Christianity in Europe Christianity has always been playing an important role in people’s lives. In the past‚ it was the unifying power between nations; today‚ it has a great concern in secular issues; and what the future will bring ? We can only guess. Christianity is the largest religion practiced in the world‚ with an estimated number of believers ranges between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billion‚ split into around 34‚000 separate denominations. Chiristianity is a monotheistic religion
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CCOT Essay Between 200 BCE and 1450 CE‚ the Silk Road held onto its true purpose while undergoing numerous transformations over time. The trade between East Asia and Europe remained the focus of the route while the materials transferred across the land began to change. Just as well‚ nation states took on new names and lands were divvied up to create new countries. Though there were changes in the goods passed along the Silk Road‚ it never lost its true‚ original purpose. Asia’s economy‚ more
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rapidly‚ one can see a long steady build-up toward it in Western Europe over many centuries. The extensive use of water wheels‚ windmills‚ and other labor saving devices all put the European mentality in touch with exploiting natural forces and laws to increase productivity. The Enlightenment’s scientific discoveries also laid the foundations for industrial and scientific advances of the 1800’s. All of these developments took place in Western Europe because of different forces that fed back on one another
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late Middle Ages was the creation of the early modern empires such as Russia and Western Europe. Both empires had several things in common‚ such as emerging around the same time and expanding their empire. However‚ there were more key differences than similarities that separated these empires. For example‚ the Russian and Western Europe had different motivations that motivated to expand their empires. Also‚ “Western Europe was distinctive because the conquered territories lay an ocean away from the imperial
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