Medieval Art History - Byzantine Art The capitol of the Roman Empire was Byzantium which was renamed as Constantinople. The Roman Empire was spit into two sections - the Eastern and Western part of the Roman Empire. The Western part of the Roman Empire disintegrated but the Eastern‚ or Byzantium Empire‚ stayed intact. Early Medieval Art reflect the differences between the development of the Catholic religion in the west and the Byzantium Empire of the east. Byzantine Art was the name given to the
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The Byzantine Empire’s government was a dynastic monarchy‚ although occasionally an usurper would seize the throne. They called their ruler the basileus (a Greek word meaning emperor). Christianity was the official religion. Religion was closely tied to the government‚ as the basileus was often believed to be god’s representative on Earth and religious leaders had a lot of power. The emperor was in fact crowned by the Patriarch of the church. The Byzantine Empire was divided into sections called
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Samuel Schmidt Essay #1-Compare and Contrast the Han and Roman Empires in terms of their technological achievements The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire are both similar and different in terms of their technological achievements. These two empires have set examples on how to be a flourishing‚ organized‚ well developed and successful society. One reason modern day Asia is so successful is because of the Han Dynasty. One reason modern day North America and Europe are so successful is because we
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The Byzantine Empire was the new center for the Roman Empire‚ but did it directly inherit the art traditions from the Roman Empire? Give examples in your response. The Byzantine people considered themselves as the heirs to the Roman Empire (Online Lecture) so this also meant that they inherited the art traditions of the Roman Empire. Their sculptures stayed with the classical style of the ancient Greek art but a new aesthetic and iconic type art began to develop. The new aesthetic art was created
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Akkadian/Persian Essay The Akkadian’s VS. The Persian’s The two empires that I am writing about are the Akkadian Empire which was from 2350-1900 B.C.E. And the Persian Empire‚ which was from 2000-330 B.C.E. They were both very powerful and inventive. So first is the Persians. The Persian Empire was from 2000-330 BCE. Though they didn’t begin to‚ appear in the region east of Mesopotamia until 1300 BCE. The Persian Empire developed in 2000 BCE but at this time the Persians were very nomadic
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Compare/Contrast Rome Roman and Mongol Empire are renowned for their vast territory. However structural problems had been visible in them even at the height of their power‚ which later on led to a decline. Even though the two societies were ascendant in different historical periods‚ there were some similarities between the cause of their demise. Nonetheless‚ these are some factors that led to the decline of Rome; financial military exhaustion‚ failure of leadership‚ separate and independent
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Compare & Contrast: Mughal India and Ottoman Empire I. Government A. Leaders A1. Akbar the Great - Mughal Empire Ai. More successful Ai(i). Reason - Consolidated rule Aii. Hierarchy of power Aiii. Tolerance A2. Suleiman the Magnificent - Ottoman Empire Ai. Less successful Aii. Reign of him marked the golden ages (Same with Mughal Empire) Aii(i). Death → Downfall of the empire (Same with Mughal Empire) B. Government Structure - Islamic & Local
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Intro: Although the big empires‚ Europe and Japan were really successful feudalist empires and both had some similarities and differences during the 9th to 13th century‚ which made them unique empires in the world. Both of the empires have a similar concept of elite warriors‚ different treatment of women during the post-classical era‚ and a similar political structure of a hereditary caste system‚ which were the main reasons they became successful empires. Body Paragraph#1: Both the Europeans and
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The Roman and Han empires were both very powerful‚ in their own rights. Although their culture and beliefs were very different‚ their ideology and governments were‚ at points‚ very similar. Both empires experienced a rise‚ plateau‚ and fall‚ which eventually changed their entire empires. One thing that was a key aspect in both societies was religion. While the Han empire brought Confucianism as a main element in daily life‚ the Roman’s had several different religions that each played a key role
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The Political Organization in Europe and China and Europe and India The political organization of Europe and China and of Europe and India had some similar and different aspects to their way of ruling and running their societies. They all underwent construction of states which led to expansion of their societies and later caused conflict. The effort at political organization in Europe and China and Europe and India was that they tried to become more ordered. In Europe they have a decentralized government
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