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    1. What is the difference between a. and a. Why was the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople a particularly significant event in world history? The Silk Road served as the Europeans’ primary commercial and travel route until the conquest of Constantinople. Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe’s foreign policy were all influenced by this. Trade made it possible for the Europeans to colonize and reshape their culture and economy. Additionally‚ this trade route was obstructed by the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

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    History Essay ‘The Age of Charlemagne: Power and Religion in the early Medieval West’ ‘Who planned Charlemagne’s imperial coronation and why?’ The imperial coronation of Charlemagne has been a source of dispute between scholars of this era for a period of time‚ perhaps due to the fact that the sources available are often biased and the historical information‚ often vague. Historians have argued that perhaps it had been Charlemagne himself who instigated the coronation possibly as a means

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    the Christian outlooks towards non-Christians as adverse. Pope Urban also offered an incentive that fighting in the Crusades‚ will bring eternal life. According to Dr. 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

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    wrap his mind around it‚ he attempts to understand the loss through simple and familiar symbols. One of the first things taught to Christian children is the concepts of Heaven‚ Hell‚ God‚ and the Devil. By Sheeran mentioning these basic roots of Christendom‚ it gives the listener a flashback into the times when they too‚ were naively blaming the wrong people and always hoping for the best. In comparison to the boy’s misconception of Alzheimer’s‚ his family understands the natural process that is

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    According to Catholicism the Pope is the direct successor of the disciple Peter‚ whom Jesus decided upon to build his church. The importance of the Papacy in European history is unquestionable. The Catholic Church was a key factor in the shaping of European society after the fall of the Roman Empire. In medieval Europe the Catholic Church was believed to be the highest authority and unquestionable. Catholicism became intertwined with everyday life. However‚ by the end of the fourteenth century the

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    What is meant by „secularization“ by José Casanova in his book “Public religions in the Modern World”? In his book “Public religion in the Modern World”‚ José Casanova tests the theory of secularization and analyses and explains how religion became public again. In his opinion the role of religion started to shift dominantly into the “public sphere”(p3) again in the 1980s. He gives four arguments to support his assumption that are four developments that preceded to a reassessment of religion’s

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    How do you know what your being told is truthful? How do you separate opinion from fact? Within this essay two articles will be compared based on the author’s credibility‚ the validity of the article‚ and the bias in the article from the author. Both Dr. Keegen and Dr. Carroll are respected in their fields and both of their articles “Honoring Christopher Columbus” and “COLUMBUS‚ HERO OR HEEL?” will be analyzed for reliability. The purpose of the article written by Dr. William F. Keegan is to provide

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    Two well-known religious freedom battle stories are the stories of St. Thomas More and the Little Sisters of the Poor. Both cases have to do with Catholicism‚ but they both refer to different Catholic issues. Thomas More dealt with divorce‚ remarriage‚ and adultery while the Little Sisters dealt with abortion and contraceptives. In 1517‚ Thomas More‚ a scholar and lawyer born on February 7‚ 1478 in London‚ was hired by King Henry VIII and became one of the his most effective and trusted civil

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    Liberal Christian Beliefs Liberal Christians recognize that the writers of the Bible held a variety of beliefs concerning Heaven and Hell. The earliest books of the Bible described an underground cavern where all people‚ good and bad‚ spent eternity after death. The later books described Hell as either a place of annihilation or of eternal punishment. Generally speaking‚ this system of beliefs looks upon Hell as a concept‚ not as a place of punishment. The idea that a person would suffer eternal

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    As George Alsop states “For I’m certainly confident‚ that there are several Thousands in most Kingdoms of Christendom‚ that could not at all live and subsist‚ unless they had served some prefixed time‚ to learn either some Trade‚ Art‚ or Science‚ and by either of them to extract their present livelihood...” He is merely saying that if the indentured servants came

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