Bayezid I- (r.1389-1402) Ottoman ruler who started to besiege Constantinople in 1395. The Europeans saw him as a new threat to Christendom‚ and Hungary’s king led English‚ French‚ German‚ and Balkan knights in a crusade against the Turks. He defeated them at Nicopolis‚ and moved their capital from Bursa to France. If Bayezid had not defeated the Christians‚ the Ottoman Empire might not have taken Constantinople. The armies of Timur defeated him near Ankara in 1402 where he was taken prisoner and
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"The Crusades: series of wars by Western European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims." (Encarta "Crusades") The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem‚ which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred. Europeans later used it to allocate any military
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Unlike Roman Catholicism‚ the Bishops of Greek Orthodoxy are all considered equals. The Patriarch (similar to the Pope) is considered the First among Equals. He resides at the church of Constantinople (now modern day Istanbul‚ Turkey) which is the first Holy Synod. Next the other 11 synods which are located around the world. These synods are presided over by the Patriarch. The leaders of these synods are chosen by election and term of service
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Nicaea to restore the veneration of religious icons. In AD 786‚ the council met first time in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. However‚ soldiers in collusion with the opposition entered the church‚ and broke up the assembly. As a result‚ the council stop their session. The council was again summoned to meet‚ this time in Nicaea‚ since Constantinople was still distrusted. The council assembled on September 24‚ 787 at the church of Hagia Sophia. It numbered about 350 members; 308
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Holy War Reaching the Checkpoint Today marks the start of the holy war started by pope urban II all three units have joined at the check point of Constantinople in April of 1096. Over 60‚000 people in total within these people are knights‚ surfs [women and children included] noble men‚ and monks all standing outside the doors of Constantinople. The emperor invited only the principle commanders of the crusade‚ Duke Godfrey‚ Baldwin Godfrey‚ and Jeffrey Baldwin of Toront. I feel like emperor
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The largest hippodrome of the ancient world was that of Constantinople (now Istanbul)‚ which was begun under the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in ad 203 and completed by Constantine in 330. In this hippodrome much of the seating was supported on tiers of great vaults instead of the more usual embankment. The stadium
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Conqueror" in Ottoman Turkish‚ or‚ in modern Turkish‚ Fatih Sultan Mehmet in early modern Europe was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446‚ and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21‚ he conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire‚ absorbing its administrative apparatus into the Ottoman state. Al-Fateh continued his conquests in Asia‚ with the Anatolian reunification‚ and in Europe‚ as far as Belgrade Al-Fateh is regarded as a
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he found treasures and gold which all added up to almost an endless supply of wealth. Having power and wealth back in King Haralds time was basically all you needed to be a powerful King and ruler. After the Kings return to his homeland in Constantinople‚ King Harald wanted to further his power and riches. He then set forward to go to the Holy Land of Jerusalem to conquer more villages throughout Palestine. With King Haralds now known ruthless reputation in battle‚ it was said‚ “wherever he went
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Trace the rise in importance of the figure of the Bishop of Rome (what we now call the ‘Pope’) from the first century to the papacy of Leo the Great in the mid fifth century. What factors underpinned Rome’s importance in the Church? In this essay I intend to show how the church in Rome grew in importance and how the Holy Roman See came to hold a position of pre-eminence in the early Christian Church and which still pertains today in the Catholic Church. I will first look at the evidence that
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proceedings to Constantinople. The collision happened between five and six nautical miles to the north of Cape Sigri in Mitylene‚ not within territorial waters but on the high seas. The Boz-Kourt was cut into two‚ sank and eight persons‚ sailors and passengers were found drowned. The Lotus continued their way to Constantinople after having done everything they could to helped the shipwrecked person‚ ten of them were able to be saved. The Lotus ship safely arrived at Constantinople on August 3rd
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