anywhere near Jerusalem but then to attack and conquer two Christian cities‚ which had been unprecedented to this time. When discussing these points in history‚ it is important to discuss how such events came to be‚ and whilst the sacking of Zara and Constantinople are not in question‚ what is in question is how much of a role did Pope Innocent III did play in the 4th Crusade? Was he the mastermind‚ or was control of the 4th Crusade taken from him? This essay will attempt to look through the sources and
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thousands of Turkish soldiers that I belong to. We are armed with crossbows‚ shields‚ and swords. Some of us are using multiple ladders to scale the walls of Constantinople. Additional soldiers remain on boats to support us performing the attack. There are 9 things that I am going to describe first hand account during our attack on Constantinople. 1. I am the soldier on the second ladder to the left with a huge sword in hand. 2. Things I smell: I smell the salty water to the right of me
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Italy‚ Sicily‚ northwestern Africa‚ and southern Spain were brought back under imperial control by the military victories of A. Theodora B. Belisarius C. Basil II D. Charlemagne Constantinople withstood sieges in 674-678 and 717-718 by A. The Sasanids B. The Gauls C. The Russians D. Arabic forces One of the causes of Byzantine resurgence was the political innovation wherein a general was given military and civil control over an imperial province or A
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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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would have caused a problem in that in that the pact that Michael VII made had thinned the troops. The standing army that he had instituted during peace times sent these troops to other areas of the vast empire‚ areas of less importance. This left Constantinople unprotected and open for an outside attack to happen. “In 1081 Robert Guiscard abandons a marriage alliance and invades the Balkans and Alexios makes a pact with Henry to attack Norman lands. Upon this alliance the Venetians help assist and
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THE FOURTH CRUSADE The Crusades in the middle ages helped define religious and political life during this era. Life in the middle ages revolved around what was happening with the Pope and his anticipations for the next Crusade. The focuses of the crusades were ideally to unite the churches to bring back Christian leadership and control in the Holy Land‚ that is‚ Jerusalem. One of the most impacting crusades is known as the fourth Crusade when Innocent III was pope. The fourth crusade became
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jurisdiction ‚ and the place of Constantinople in relation to thePentarchy.[6] In 1053‚ the first step was taken in the process which led to formal schism.Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius ordered the closure of all Latin churches in Constantinople. [7][8][9] According to the historian John Bagnell Bury‚ Cerularius’ purpose in closing the Latin churches was "to cut short any attempt at conciliation". [9] In 1054‚ the Papal legate traveled to Constantinople for purposes that included refusing
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Muslims. The Crusades started at the beginning of the 11th century Europe was becoming one of the largest civilization on the planet‚ but they had one contender the Byzantine Empire‚ today now known as Constantinople. The Byzantine empire was weakened by an attack by the Turks which wanted Constantinople because it had a huge amount of control for the empire. Now the empire
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decorative composition or a picture. Between the 4th century and 1453 (when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople)‚ the medium was a fundamental part of the decoration of important buildings in Constantinople (Cimok 1998‚ jacket). Byzantine mosaics were generally created for the decoration of churches. Most of the churches were basilica or central church plans (Lassus 1967‚ 130). The mosaics in Constantinople‚ especially Hagia Sophia‚ were created to celebrate the anointing of new emperors and empresses
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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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