rome and hans political administration and cultural challenges was very intersting. While rome and han created cultural and administrative difficulties that led to their downfall of there empires they still left a big mark on how to become a succersor empire. Rome and Han empires were very different on there administrative views. The romans chose there leader and all the people were taxed equally and more interregional interactive‚ they were kind of like a democracy‚ unlike han where everything was
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Shanol Handapangoda Honors History Mr. Hanna November 28‚ 2012 “Rise and fall of The Roman Empire” Rome began as a small city-state in the country Italy‚ but ended up ruling the entire Mediterranean world. Rome was located in the Italian peninsula; the peninsula is centrally located in the Mediterranean. This location helped Rome expand to one of the greatest empires known to civilization. Latins‚ the ancestors of the Romans migrated into Italy by 800 B.C settling along the Tiber River
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Christianity has had a long and interesting history from its very beginning. In its first three centuries‚ the Christian church endured regular persecutions and several violent riots due to controversial issues as regards its theology. The resulting martyrs of the persecutions and the decisions made during the religious councils would have significant historical and theological consequences for this developing faith. Early Christianity was seen as a religious group that Jewish religious leaders
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Political Context of Christianity The Christian religion was born in Palestine‚ a small stretch of land on the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Jews considered Palestine their Promised Land‚ but because of its desirable location it had been ruled by a succession of foreign powers for most of its history. Egypt and Assyria fought over it for centuries‚ then Babylon conquered Assyria and Palestine with it. Next came the Persians led by Cyrus‚ who allowed the Jews to return to Palestine from exile‚ then
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Hinduism and Christianity: Parallels Abound Steven Williams World Religion Professor A. Bisson November 28‚ 2010 Hinduism and Christianity are two of the largest religions in the world today with nearly half of the world’s population claiming one of the two as their own. Without a doubt‚ both religions have been extremely influential in the world. In the minds of most‚ this is about as far as the similarities between Hinduism and Christianity go; however‚ the fact is that the two
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and commit sin not because God force him to‚ but because they choose to. Hence‚ free will is a major point in Christianity. The few lines above present a broad description of the major differences between Voodoo as a traditional religion‚ and Christianity. Though the concept of God is found in both religions‚ there is a steady ground to confess that they are not serving the same God. From this affirmation‚ one question will rise: which one of these religions is serving the true God? Despite the
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Paper 2(First draft) Seminar Julian Zon October/20/2012 Dionysus’s Effect on Women in Bacchae in the ancient Athenian society The position of women during the time of ancient Greek and ancient Rome‚ had been considered‚ mentally and physically weaker than most of the men‚ the duty for women was pretty different from their husbands. In the play of Bacchae‚ the impression of women had been totally changed by Euripides‚ "No sharp weapons‚ but you’d have seen one woman tear apart a young cow with
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Emma Betz World History AP Period 2 Comparison Essay on Rome Between 100 C.E. and 600 C.E.‚ Rome went under many changes both culturally and politically. Culturally‚ Rome had a change in the empire’s religious beliefs. Politically‚ there was a division of the empire. With so many changes‚ there were a few continuities‚ such as Paterfamilias and the political standing of women. Religion was a large part of any Roman’s life that was changed drastically. In the early empire‚ Paganism‚ where
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A key factor which made Christianity popular in the Roman Empire was that it offered an afterlife. However‚ this was not enough to give Christianity an edge over the other cults which also offered an afterlife. Other factors were the facts that it was Salvationist and had a savior‚ it was redemption‚ it offered the reward of heaven‚ and it was messianic‚ missionary‚ egalitarian and compassionate towards the poor. Resistance to the persecution and imperial support were other contributory factors.
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Alexis Vieira Mr. Kirejczyk Quarter 3 Paper March 3‚ 2013 Christianity and Judaism Religion is a huge part of the world we live in today. It shapes each and every one of our personalities and gives us a lifestyle that for the most part we were grown up in. There are many religions in our world today some that are extremely popular and some that we hardly know about but are out there. Every religion has their own ways of doing certain things‚ their own beliefs‚ and much more. Sometimes
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