During the 13th and through to the 14th century catholic church authorities turned their focus to creating a united religiously bound civilization‚ acting only upon the fundamental principles of Christianity. The 14th century church enforced religious unity through the inquisition‚ and was mostly successful in doing so. The author Christine Caldwell Ames1 showed that the church used the inquisition as a force to create a cohesive religious civilization during the 13th and 14th century
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Empire. The Ottoman Empire was a group in Northwest Anatolia‚ it had fallen towards the end of World War I. Lawrence of Arabia was a british soldier. He went to the Middle East to find a leader for an Arab revolt. Lawrence was a strong encourager of Arab nationalism‚ which helped weaken the Ottoman Empire. He worked closely with Prince Faisal‚ who became the leader of the Arab revolts. Prince Faisal believed he would become the leader of an Arab country after World War I. Though he was later rejected
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The empire of Mali‚ is one of the most gold rich empires ever. Stretching from the Atlantic‚ to the city of Goa‚ the empire is one of the first of its kind. The Mali empire was first created by Sundiata‚ one of the few survivors of the Mandinke people. Sundiata would grow up to be a very strong military leader‚ who would seize control of major trade routes in Ghana‚ and later conquer the Empire‚ thus‚ creating the empire of Mali. Sundiata’s Predecessors‚ Mansas‚ meaning Sultan; would later convert
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In the year 218 BCE‚ Hannibal and his military travelled across the Alps‚ leading his greatest weapon – war elephants‚ something no one else had accomplished. Hannibal had overcome the impossible‚ training elephants who have sensitive hearing‚ to become powerful weapons during battle. Hearing the plans of Gaius Flaminius‚ Hannibal a followed‚ eventually overtaking the Roman troops. After Hannibal and his army‚ who he lead through the extensive Alps‚ earned victory during the ’Battle of Trebia’; the
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Inca empire also known as the Tawantinsuyu to the Incas was founded in 15th century A.D by a small city name Cuzco or modern day Peru which rapidly expanded. This was all due to the first emperor/Carpa Pachacuti who came into power after stopping the invasion of one of their rival groups the Cuzco was named the Chancas and ruled from 1438-1471. The rapid expansion was due to the key factors that it was located between two other empires‚ the Wari and the Tiwanaku which allowed them to use
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Egyptian Architecture Due to the scarcity of wood the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud bricks and stone‚ mainly limestone but also sandstone and granite in considerable quantities. From the Old Kingdom onward‚ stone was generally reserved for tombs and temples‚ while bricks were used even for royal palaces‚ fortresses‚ the walls of temple precincts and towns‚ and for subsidiary buildings in temple complexes. The core of the pyramids came from stone quarried
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see any light although it’s morning. I haven’t seen sunrise‚ sunset. It may sound amusing. If I will say‚ my one desire is to see greatness of The Great Pyramid of Giza. Do activity with my friends in physical section or be a good doctor Although I wish I could be. All this makes me sick altogether. I ever blamed God that He is not fair to me. Why did you not love me at all. I wonder what I’m doing wrong? I tried to find answer. Until one day‚ I do know. It’s a bright day‚ heavy rain‚ storm‚ I wasn’t
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The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan is the story about Carter and his sister Sadie and their adventure to stop the end of the world. After a freak accident their father is captured by a chaotic egyptian god and only they have the power to save their father and the world. Carter got separated from his sister when his mom died‚ and his dad took him all over the world to look at museums. He never had a normal childhood and he had to grow up quickly in his father’s image because he had no one else to socialize
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How did class‚ gender‚ and religion shape Egyptian life? Class was an important to the Egyptian life because it kept everyone organized and in place. The highest class was the god on earth or Pharaoh‚ ruler of the Egyptian people. It was duty to protect them‚ as well as keep in touch with gods of Egypt. He was also to keep the gods happy so they would a flood the Nile river with water for a plenteous harvest. All the land belong to Pharaoh‚ but he allowed his citizen to use it because of
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The Yellow River is an important part of China and its civilizations. The Yellow River provided silt which helped civilizations thrive by letting them farm. The Yellow River created the North China Plain which was the center of all activity‚ people raised livestock‚ farmed and civilizations expanded there. The Yellow River was also a way of transportation for people and goods. The name Yellow River was given to the river was because of the silt that flows through the river. The Yellow River carries
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