A key factor which made Christianity popular in the Roman Empire was that it offered an afterlife. However‚ this was not enough to give Christianity an edge over the other cults which also offered an afterlife. Other factors were the facts that it was Salvationist and had a savior‚ it was redemption‚ it offered the reward of heaven‚ and it was messianic‚ missionary‚ egalitarian and compassionate towards the poor. Resistance to the persecution and imperial support were other contributory factors.
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The Holy Roman Empire was looming to the east of France to Poland and Hungary‚ but it size was not as potent as it might suggest. Frankish ruled the empire and German kings for 10 centuries‚ from Charlemagne’s coronation in 800 until the renunciation of the imperial title in 1806. The most powerful of these lines of kings was Otto I‚ who helped to restore the title emperor and in many ways resembled Charlemagne such as how he fostered a revival of learning in which literature and art flourished.
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The Chinese Empire experienced numerous political‚ economical‚ religious‚ and cultural transformations between 1400 and 1750 CE. The Qing empire‚ an empire built within the Chinese empire consisted of non-chinese people. Qing Empire took over Eurasia which was ruled separately from China; and the officials had no intentions to incorporate Chinese culture into the locals in Eurasia as a sign of respect for the different cultures residing there. For example‚ Qing rulers forbid Chinese merchants from
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Islam: Empire of Faith The main subject and purpose of the movie was about the Islams and the Muslims‚ and Muhammad plus the Christians and Sulleyman. The good thing about the movie was that it was educational. I think that it could have been better‚ it was boring I had a hard time staying awake. If I was to rate it it would be a five out of ten because although it was educational it was also very boring. The only thing I had problems with was that his accent was more kind of British or Australian
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The Rise of the Aztec Empire Aztec empire was one the most successful empire during the 14th and 15th centuries it is said to be the most lucrative and powerful Mesoamerican kingdoms at that time. The Aztec community began in the middle of a lake but later became the capital of an empire. Aztec was consisting of a diversity ethic group that lived in the area which stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf coast. The Rise of the Aztec Empire and its aptitude to be so successful and powerful dominance
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eMPIRE OF LIGHT A Novel by David Czuchlewski Empire of Light or in Latin language it was call by Imperium Luminis is the story that told us about couples‚ Matt Kelly and Anna Barrett that have their own path and a lots of problem to resolved to be together. This novel started about news that Anna Barret was losing for the first time during Matt Kelly and his family dinner together. The news was come from Anna Barrett’s stepfather‚ Carl Barrett. Matt Kelly than found Anna Barrett
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Penguin Random House LLC of New York City published Empire of Cotton‚ written by Harvard University Professor Sven Beckert‚ in 2014. And is vivid and penetrating nonfiction in which the author creates a definitive history of how cotton came to shape the contemporary world‚ global capitalism and political economies. The history of cotton dates back 5‚000 years and was crucial to economies of many ancient civilizations. However‚ Beckert focuses the majority of his attention to our last 250 years. Crossing
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Ever since the beginning of the Ancient Roman Empire there has been many advancements throughout time in terms of construction. Buildings signify the riches and worth of the people in a society. Ancient Egypt‚ Medieval Khmer Empire and Masdar City are all examples of societies that use their riches to their advantage through construction. Ancient Egypt was well known for the great buildings they have constructed throughout history. An abc-clio article‚ about how Ancient Egypt construction has advanced
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Multinational Company in the Ottoman Empire Abstract It can be argued that private companies accelerated the integration of the late Ottoman Empire with the capitalist world economy. Western companies shaped not only the Ottoman economy but also its social and cultural environments. Modern marketing was one of the most important instruments in this process. This article investigates—via a brief historical survey of the marketing activities of Nestlé in the Ottoman Empire between the years 1870 and
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The Achievements of Early Muslim Empires The Islamic Golden Age brought to Islam many new ideas. The Abbasid Empire flourished with achievements like new economic practices‚ literature‚ and mathematics. The Abbasid Empire was a time of finding ways to make the Islam society better. The Islamic mathematical principles are derived from pieces of other culture mathematics like Greek and Hindu math. Geometry wasn’t as well-developed during that time but it was steadily developing. Since both crafts
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