guidance to Anatolia so‚ they made a deal with the Venetians to take the knights to capture the rebellious‚ Christian town of Zara in return of guidance to Anatolia. This ended them as excommunicated due to their mistakes leading them to be held at Constantinople with little finance. Eventually‚ The capitol of the Byzantine empire was captured in the year 1453 by the
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BCE= Before common era (same as BC) CE= Common Era (Same as AD) Circa = around the time of‚ approximately – not exact date( abbreviated “ca” or “c”) Chapter 1 * 4mil ya to 3500 BCE * Hominids * australopithecus 4mil ya * Homo Erectus 1.5 mil ya Homo Sapiens 200 thousand ya * Paleolithic – Hunter/Gatherer * Paleolithic – “old stone age” – first hominids to 12‚000 years ago; Hunters and Gatherers; Nomadic; No private property; Egalitarian- equal society; Gender-based
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numerous clashes between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Lands of the Middle East Had economic‚ social‚ and political goals as well as religious motives. (Muslims controlled Palestine (Holy Land) and threatened Constantinople. Byzantine emperor in Constantinople appealed to Christians to stop Muslim attacks. The pope wanted to reclaim Palestine and reunite Christendom which had split into Eastern and Western branches) Kings and the church saw the Crusades as an opportunity to get rid
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Between 100 CE and 600 CE‚ the Roman empire underwent a change in government as the empire collapsed due to corruption within. Also‚ the influence of Christianity increased greatly. However‚ the “Eastern Roman Empire”‚ the Byzantines‚ kept the culture going. Clearly‚ the most important change that the Roman Empire experienced in the late classical era was its collapse. But‚ this phenomenon was one that the other great powers of the age‚ Han China and Gupta India‚ also grappled with as each
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The four accounts of the first Crusade are definitely colored by the perspective of the writer. In each of the stories there was very little respect given to others. We see it in comments from Pope Urban II “exterminate this vile race from our lands”. Solomon Bar Simson wrote of an “arrogant people‚ a people of strange speech‚ a nation bitter and impetuous.” Ibn Al-Athir wrote of Roger the Frank “At this Roger raised one leg and farted loudly‚ and swore that it was of more use than their advice
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The Crusades were military journeys made by Western European Christians. The announced reason for the Crusades was to control the city of Jerusalem and in addition other eastern areas of religious journey from the control of the Muslims. Pope Urban II advanced from Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus for military help against the Turks. Urban accomplished so much to restore Papal honor after Gregory VII. While occupied with a religious voyage through French seas‚ he stop at Clermont 1095‚ and preached
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Empire gained‚ the sultan never had complete control due to checks that limited what the sultan could and couldn’t do (Imber 320). The Ottoman Empire began its growth in north-western Anatolia. They resided to the east of Byzantine-controlled Constantinople. They were among the many Turkish principalities that indicated change in both Anatolia’s ethnicity and religion. By the beginning of the 14th Century‚ Anatolia had changed from
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pattern continued until Diocletian (r. 284-305) rose to power in 285. He and Constantine (324-337) administratively reorganized the empire‚ engineering an absolute monarchy. Constantine the Great patronized Christianity‚ particularly in his new city Constantinople‚ founded on the ancient site of Byzantium. Christianity became the Roman state religion under Theodosius (r. 379-95). Germanic tribal invasions also proceeded‚ as did battles with the Sassanids in the East. From 375‚ Gothic invasions‚ spurred
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upon by orthodox Christians. Theodora completely gave up her old lifestyle as a result of adopting Monophysitism. Upon reaching Constantinople she met Justinian and married him‚ and when Justinian’s adoptive father died‚ Theodora and Justinian were crowned empress and emperor and ruled together. Under their rule and largely due to Theodora’s influence‚ Constantinople built over 25 new churches and passed laws including prohibiting forced prostitution‚ establishing homes for prostitutes‚ giving
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1) Li Shimin and the succeeding rulers of the Tang Empire avoided over centralization by allowing the local nobles‚ gentry‚ officials‚ and religious establishments to practice significant power even after retaining many Sui governing practices. 2) The bled of Turkic and traditional Chinese culture that existed under the Tang were scriptures used in the Silk Road‚ weapons such as the crossbow and armored infantrymen which were used in warfare‚ and the skill in horsemanship as well as the use of iron
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