St. Cyril was born in AD 376. He was the nephew of Pope Theophilus‚ the 23rd Pope of Alexandria. He spent five years as a monk and learned the spiritual depth of the monastic fathers‚ in Nitria‚ in the western desert of Egypt. He was summoned to Alexandria by his uncle who ordained him a priest. Later‚ he became known as a great preacher. When Pope Theophilus departed‚ Cyril was chosen to lead the Church and became the 24th Pope of Alexandria in AD 412‚ at the age of 36. He began to speak against
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ENGL 1102 December‚ 12th 2012 Greek Culture The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years‚ beginning in Mycenaean Greece‚ continuing most notably into Classical Greece‚ through the influence of the Roman Empire and its successor the Byzantine Empire. Other cultures and states such as Latin and Frankish states‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ the Venetian Republic‚ Genoese Republic‚ and British Empire have also left their influence on modern Greek culture‚ but historians credit the Greek
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Why did people go on crusades? In 1095‚ Pope Urban II called for an army to go to the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem. This was what was later known as the ‘First Crusade’. A crusade is a religious war or a war mainly motivated by religion. The first crusade consisted of 10’s of thousands of European Christians on a medieval military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. This doesn’t mean that the first crusade was just motivated by religion. Throughout this essay‚ I will be suggesting the
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about the three most significant people in the Middle Ages. When Justinian was born‚ no one would see any resemblance between him and the powerful emperor he would become. Born to peasants far from rich Constantinople‚ he was determined to get an education. He saw to it and left for Constantinople where he would become famous and eventually become emperor. While he ruled he did many things‚ from building the Hagia Sophia to expanding his empire. He worked tirelessly‚ but he could not do everything
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Extra Credit Movie 1st 9 Weeks What prophecy did the Huns have? unite the tribes and challenge Rome for the right to rule the world What happens to Attila’s father? How does Attila survive? Attila’s father dies / Attila picks up an arrow and stabs it into a horseman’s knee and the horseman then falls off his horse and Attila steals the horse and rides away Who is the red-headed woman and why does Attila spare her? Nacara / she impressed Attila with her bravery Why is Flavius Aetius released
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The world between 100 C.E. and 600 C.E. in the classical era witnessed the collapse of major civilizations in Rome‚ India and China. Rome‚ in the west‚ evolved from a strong centralized state to a position of complete political fragmentation. It was a society that was at its cultural height in creativity that ended in total decline; however‚ in the eastern portions of the Roman Empire there was political continuity and centralization of state as seen in the Byzantine Empire‚ which split Rome into
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the heads of the royal families of Europe). * Later‚ merchants join Crusades to try to gain wealth through trade. First Crusade: 1096-1099 * Pope promises Crusaders who die a place in heaven * First Crusade: three armies gather at Constantinople in 1097 * Crusaders capture Jerusalem in 1099 * Captured lands along
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The Ottoman empire is one of very few empire to be successful with Islamic belief. The sole purpose of this paper is to explain how did the Ottomans rose to be powerful and how their relations with the western world lead to the westernization of the Ottoman empire‚ which lead indirectly to the collapse of that significant empire. The paper attempts to answer the question: Critically discuss the rise of the Ottomans‚ their institutions and their relations with Europe. This paper argues that if the
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known as St. Gregory the Dialogist in Eastern Orthodoxy because of his Dialogues. The Pope‚ recognizing his talent‚ was named as one of the seven deacons of Rome and then sent him on a diplomatic mission as papal legate to the imperial city of Constantinople where he remained for five years. Upon the death of the pope in 590‚ St. Gregory was elected to succeed Peter‚ he was the first monk ever elected as the Successor of Peter. II. Contribution to the Church Gregory is credited with re-energizing
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main Crusade left for Jerusalem. They went by different routes‚ some by land and some by sea‚ to Constantinople. Here the Emperor Alexius was quite surprised to see them and not altogether pleased. Would this army try to take over his own empire? But he sent them on towards Jerusalem. The Fatimids were still not worried‚ because they thought this was just a little army of Roman soldiers from Constantinople‚ who just wanted to fight a little in Syria. The Crusaders finally reached Jerusalem in May‚ 1098
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