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    powerful. After the Prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 CE‚ Muslim armies conquered large parts of the Middle East‚ uniting them under the rule of a single caliph. At its height‚ the medieval Islamic world was more than three times bigger than all of Christendom. 7. What were the Crusades? Why were so many

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    Spain and Voyage

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    A Comparison of Christopher Columbus’s Letters A Comparison of Christopher Columbus’s Two Letters Kim Horner From the Book The Norton Anthology – American Literature A Comparison of Christopher Columbus’s Two Letters In the book The Norton Anthology-American Literature there are two voyages that are writen about by Christopher Columbus. I will compare the two and explaine some of the contrasts between the two. As they are two very different voyages‚ 10 years apart‚ Columbus has emotions

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    The East-West Schism

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    The East-West Schism The Filioque‚ or addition of the clause “and from the son” to the Nicene Creed‚ in the west brought the two halves of Christendom into conflict. Two issues were at stake- theology and authority. Was it theologically sound to state that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son as the west came to believe? If so‚ by whose authority could the Nicene Creed be altered? http://joshhatala.wordpress.com/history/the-great-schism-of-1054-an-historiographic-view-by-josh-hatala/

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    Irony in Act Three

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    Richard III Irony‚ as defined by Perrine?s Literature‚ is ?a situation or a use of language involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy? (1709). Irony can be broken down to three types; verbal‚ dramatic‚ and situational. In Shakespeare?s Richard III‚ all types of irony are found throughout the play. Irony can be humorous‚ sarcastic‚ and sometimes quite complicated as it is used to ?convey a truth about human experience by exposing some incongruity of a character?s behavior or a society?s traditions

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    Silence

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    Silence by Shusaku Endo The story of Silence is one that stirs up emotional torment within readers. Although it is not poetically sound at times and may seem choppy due to cross-cultural translation‚ Silence conveys a message like no other to its readers. Silence in short detail‚ tracks the missionary trek of Sebastião Rodrigues‚ an appointed Portuguese Jesuit‚ and his partner Francisco Garrpe as they embark to guide the Japanese Christians towards an ‘authentic Christian status’. All the meanwhile

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    On 21 March 1098‚ the saintly abbot of the thriving Benedictine Abbey of Molesme‚ Robert‚ led twenty-one of his monks into the inhospitable thickets of Citeaux to establish a new monastery where they hoped to follow Benedict of Nursia’s Rule for Monasteries in all its fullness. The unhappy monks of Molesme‚ grieved at the loss of their holy leader‚ soon obtained a papal command for his return. The new struggling community continued until 1109 under the leadership of Alberic‚ who introduced the idea

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    Gisli’s Saga: An Observation of the Scandinavian Justice System and Christianity Gisli’s Saga is not only a great historical work of its time period‚ but it is also very well known for the psychological impact of its main character. Several shifts occurred in the ninth century that changed early Scandinavian worldviews‚ including the influence of Christianity and resistance to nationalism. For example‚ the old ways insisted that vengeance on behalf of one’s kin was expected and power was measured

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    Post Classical Empires

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    changes and continuities from the now extinct classical empires to the post-classical empires? Periodization: There were diplomatic dealings with Harun al-Rashid. There was political turmoil and other concerns so they laid the foundation of European Christendom- a region that never experienced political unity but adopted Christianity as the dominant source if cultural authority. The Byzantine Empire remained a political and economic powerhouse of the postclassical world. It was also an urbanized center

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    Causes Of The Crusades

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    The aspects and the motives of the crusades have caused heated debates where historians are determining the major motives of the Crusades. The Crusades were primarily caused by religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit. The question was that‚ which of the two factors had served as more of a catalyst. The Crusades were constructed on the basis of devoting to the religion of Christianity and leaders protecting their people and the future of their empire and leadership. Despite there being

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    Life during the Holocaust

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    and political dislocation caused by World War I intensified anti-Semitism‚ and racist anti-Semitism thrived in Nazi Germany. Nazi persecution of the Jews led to the Holocaust. Hatred of the Jews has long been established in Europe. The Jews in Christendom were humiliated‚ banished from their homes‚ forced to wear marks to identify them‚ and confined to separate living quarters. They were characterized as offspring of the Devil. One main concept for the Nazis was racial hygiene. Hitler’s early policies

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