rise of middle class and their support to the kings. It was this middle class which promoted Renaissance only when the feudalism declined. 8. Occupation of Constantinople by the Turks:In 1453‚ the Turkish Empire occupied Constantinople‚ the capital of Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire of ancient times). Secondly‚ the Constantinople was great center of knowledge‚ philosophy and art. The Turks loved to fight but they had no love and utility for anything that could enhance their knowledge. Thousand
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Ibrahīm Pasha‚ Muḩammad `Alī’s armies seized Palestine and Syria and were within a few days march of Constantinople. Russian intervention led to a negotiated solution in 1833‚ leaving Muhammad Ali in control of Syria and Palestine. In 1839 Sultan Mahmud II resumed the war‚ but was decisively defeated by Ibrahim at Konya and died shortly thereafter. Once again‚ Egyptian armies neared Constantinople‚ and this time were turned back by multilateral European intervention that required Muhammad Ali and
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1. In both Buddhism and Hinduism the goal is to reach bliss otherwise know as Enlightenment or Moksha. Both Buddhist and Hindus try to accumulate as much positive karma possible. They both believe in reincarnation and believe all suffering comes from worldly desires or things. In Buddhism anyone can achieve Enlightenment‚ but in Hinduism only people in the Brahmin caste can achieve Moksha. In Buddhism there is no God‚ but in Hinduism there is many Gods. In Hinduism they believe in the caste system
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were barbarians who only did it for citizenship and slaves. None of these actually cared for the advancement of Rome. The western empire started becoming increasingly barbarian. Another problem came when Constantine came into power and declared Constantinople (in the east) the center of the Roman Empire. Because of this‚ Western cities lost their power over the cities of the east; the west was less economically developed and less urbanized. The population in the west was also more spread out over a
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The Crusades Biographies The Crusades Biographies Written by J. Sydney Jones Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager The Crusades: Biographies Written by J. Sydney Jones Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager Project Editor Julie L. Carnagie Editorial Ralph G. Zerbonia Permissions Lori Hines‚ Susan J. Rudolph‚ William A. Sampson ©2005 by U•X•L. U•X•L is an imprint of Thomson Gale‚ a division of Thomson Learning‚ Inc. U•X•L® is a registered trademark used herein
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kingdom‚ took the king‚ Gelimer‚ prisoner to Constantinople‚ and re-estabished the authority of Caesar in Africa. In 535 Belisarius sailed for Sicily. The island was conquered at once. After a reverse in Dalmatia that province was also subdued. Belisarius in 536 took Rhegium and Naples‚ entered Rome in triumph‚ seized Ravenna‚ sustained a siege in Rome till 538‚ when the Goths retired. A second general‚ Narses‚ then arrived with reinforcements from Constantinople; Milan and all Liguria were taken in 539
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advanced from Asia Minor into Europe -Conquered the Balkans and a ton of other territory on the E Mediterranean -Rise set back temporarily in 1402 by Timur(civil war; reunification under Mehmed I -The Ottoman army under Mehmed II sacked Constantinople(end of Byzantine Empire -Ended up ruling most of the Arab world as well as extending all the way to Hungary+Black Sea
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Beginning in 541 AD‚ the Plague of Justinian occurred during Emperor Justinian’s reign originating from Egypt then rapidly moving to Constantinople through trade routes. The disease quickly spread throughout the Mediterranean and as far as England and Ireland‚ lasting for about two hundred years. This paper will focus on the first outbreak during 541 AD – 544 AD in Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. It must be noted that the figures concerning mortality is highly speculative‚ but it is certain that
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After becoming the bishop of Milan‚ Ambrose made many changes within the Western Church. He was accountable for the two first theological works written in Latin‚ which were De Sacramentis on the Sacraments and De Spirtu Sancto on the Holy Spirit. Ambrose was also able to instruct and strengthen the process of preparing for Baptism. He reformed the Church’s way of singing by introducing singing into the Western Church. The singing that was done in the church at the time was known as the “Ambrosian
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Philip of Swabia‚ the same with whom young Prince Alexius had taken refuge. Boniface and the young prince probably met when Boniface visited his liege lord’s court late in 1201. And now came the seeding of a new plan — the crusaders could stop at Constantinople on their way to Egypt‚ overthrow the usurper Alexius III and put the young Alexius on the imperial
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