WHAP Cultural Heavyweights Dar Al-Islam and The Byzantine Empire. The Muslim World and The Byzantine Empire were two of the most powerful and most-linked-together civilizations during the Middle Ages due mostly to their cultural achievements‚ religious values‚ and economic activities. The Byzantine Empire and Muslim World had very similar and different cultural achievements due to their very unique styles but also sharing each other’s ideas as well. The Muslim world’s
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King Henry VIII created the Church of England‚ which became the main religion until the rise of Judaism in the late 1800s. Roman Catholicism came to England after the Great Schism when medieval Christianity split into two branches. The Great Schism was caused because of disagreements between the Western and Eastern Churches that had been going on for quite some time. Most of the disagreements were about whether the pope in Rome or the Byzantine emperor had religious authority. An early dispute erupted
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witnessed the decline of the Byzantine Empire and its ultimate destruction. Loss of territory‚ internal discord‚ and defeats by the crusaders were blows from which the empire could not recover. The decline of the Western Roman Empire refers to the societal collapse encompassing both the gradual disintegration of the political‚ economic‚ military‚ and other social institutions of Rome and the barbarian invasions that were its final doom. The Byzantine Empire‚ much like the Roman Empire‚ faced a formidable
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similarities and differences between the Byzantine Empire and medieval Western Europe. There are also many factors that have contributed to their changes. The reign of these emperors and traditions of these empires had led to important historical developments and has also taught us on how political leaders should have ruled. The reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 482–565 C.E. was of both glory and destruction. Justinian reconquered much of the former Roman Empire while creating lasting legal codes
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Eastern empires had influenced a lot of things. They each adopted a separate ruler. The Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire‚ present day Istanbul‚ which originated in Constantinople. Constantinople was viewed by all as the center of a great Christian empire. The Constantinople had some great achievements. Because Constantinople was a Christian city it had many churches and holy objects. The Byzantine work of art was unique and incredible. Mosaic‚ Paintings‚ architecture‚ Byzantine‚ icons
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used to affect the government in different empires. The Byzantine Empire’s major religion was Christianity and it has helped govern the empire in countless ways. Also‚ Islam helped out with the government in Islamic Caliphates. But the religions didn’t help similarly‚ instead‚ they lent a hand to each empires very differently. Also‚ the effects were not always the same‚ they were very divergent because of the different ways they helped the Byzantine Empire and Islamic Caliphate. Until 1450‚ the religion
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The Byzantine Empire was one of the leading civilizations in the world. In 324‚ Constantine‚ the first Christian emperor‚ became the single ruler of the Roman Empire. He set up his Eastern headquarters at the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium in 330. This city‚ later renamed Constantinople‚ was also known as "new Rome." It became the capital of the Byzantines after the Roman Empire was divided. The empire made a significant impact on several civilizations with its use of the Greek language and education
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Byzantine Period -Western Roman Empire falls in 476AD. -Roman Emperor moved the capital to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople. -Constantinople was advantageous to Rome in that it could deal with barbarians‚ was a huge trading port‚ and it made protecting the eastern front easier. Justinian -In 527 Justinian became emperor through his uncle. -He sent his general Belisarius to reclaim the land lost to the west -Belisarius took North Africa from the Vandals‚ and Rome from the
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Byzantine art Byzantine art is the artistic products of the Eastern Roman‚ or Byzantine‚ Empire‚ as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. Though the empire itself emerged from Rome’s decline and lasted until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453‚[1] many Eastern Orthodox states in Eastern Europe‚ as well as to some degree the Muslim states of the easternMediterranean‚ preserved many aspects of the empire’s culture and art for centuries afterward. A number of
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Rome’s fall had reached ear. Certainly his words hold truth‚ for Rome - the dauntingly colossal Empire engulfing the Mediterranean and all territories around it; the source of artistic‚ intellectual‚ and cultural ascendancy; the influential factor of brilliance in so many of the coexisting societies of the western world - was truly the predecessor and creator of all Western Civilization to come. However‚ what no one knew‚ was that the lasting impression this powerful and astonishing civilization would
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