back to 657 BC‚ when the Greeks founded the colony of Byzantium or Byzantion along the European side of the Bosphorus Strait‚ which would become Constantinople (now Istanbul)‚ the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This land would later be incorporated into the Roman Empire. In 330 AD‚ Roman Emperor‚ Constantine the Great reestablished Byzantium as Constantinople as the capital of the Roman Empire. Tetrarchy Initially‚ in 285‚ Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire into a tetrarchy to stabilize the
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the entirety of Western Civilization history would be completely different. Or perhaps‚ the crusades were only a partial success. James A. Brundage seems to believe so. Brundage writes about how the fall of Constantinople hindered the level of success by returning to Ottoman rule in 1453. But more importantly‚ Brundage points out that the intended goal of the crusades was to have the churches of the east and west reconcile with one another. This reconciliation‚ according to Brundage‚ was near impossible
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and devotion to Islamic arts of all of the empires‚ while manuscripts were held privately until trends influenced their spread over greater distances and people. The Ottomans‚ in their quest to expand their lands and influence‚ conquered Constantinople in 1453‚ which sparked a major period of construction in the new capital of the Ottoman Empire. This large building initiative took place in order to encourage a repopulating of Istanbul‚ as well as the revitalization of the economy in this declining
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The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire were two of the most powerful entities to rule their respective parts of the world. The Han Dynasty dominated Asia from the Korean peninsula to present day Vietnam for more than four hundred years. The Roman Empire stretched from the present British Isles to present day Iraq‚ and lasted nearly five hundred years. The Eastern Roman Empire went on to last another one thousand years. Both the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire enjoyed times of immense prosperity during
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The Ottoman Empire and Habsburg Empire were two well known empires of the 1400’s and 1500’s. The rise of these two once great empires contributed to an important part of this time period in history and is still well talked about about in the modern day history world. There were very many conflicts between these two powerful empires which over time lead to a mass bloodshed war between these empires. In this essay I will analyze these to great powers including comparing and contrasting them. I will
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The Evolution of the Basilica in the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity The basilica has a long and storied history that begins second century BCE and continues to the present day. The basilica gained popularity during the rise of the Roman Empire and went through its most dramatic changes during Late Antiquity. Modern day society has led us to believe basilicas to be religious buildings‚ mainly churches‚ and therefore has skewed the view we have of the origins of basilicas. A basilica was not
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Ages. Owing to his ambition fostered by his teacher Shaykh Aaq Shamsd-Deen‚ who always encouraged him to be the conqueror of Constantinople‚ he managed to make the greatest of his achievements by conquering this city. Muhammad Al-Faatih‚ managed to realize his dreams through hard‚ continuous work‚ and well-organized planning. For example‚ before besieging Constantinople‚ he prepared for the war by making cannons‚ preparing his fleet‚ and making use of all the factors that might render him victorious
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ENGLİSGH LİTERATURE IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES Social ‚ political‚ cultural‚ religious‚ and historical background The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are the period of the European Renaissance or four great transforming movement of European history. This impulse by which the medieval society of scholasticism‚ feudalism‚ and chivalry was to be made over into what we call the modern world came first from Italy. Italy‚ like the rest of the Roman Empire‚ had been
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The Age of Exploration was a period between the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries in which explorers‚ such as Vasco Da Gama‚ Bartolomeu Dias‚ and Christopher Columbus‚ and several others‚ ventured throughout the seas. They moved westward in search of direct trade routes to India and China. Numerous countries‚ led by Spain and Portugal‚ set sail using various navigational devices. Unintentionally‚ this led to the discovery of the Americas‚ which then sparked the Colombian Exchange. At this same time
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This essay is to discuss the six paradigm’s shifts as highlighted by Bosch. The six paradigms are; primitive Christianity; the patristic period; the Middle Ages; the Reformation; the Enlightenment; and the Ecumenical era[1]. Bosch’s title for the book is ‘Transforming Mission’. As described by Bosch in his foreword he talks about the title as ambiguous. “Transforming” can be an adjective used to describe “mission”. Mission can be understood as not the enterprise that transforms reality‚ but something
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