Constantinople was surrounded by a triple wall of fortifications‚ begun (5th cent.) by Theodosius II. Built on seven hills‚ the city on the Bosporus presented the appearance of an impregnable fortress enclosing a sea of magnificent palaces and gilded domes and towers. In the 10th cent.‚ it had a cosmopolitan population
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The Fourth Crusade Is karma the reason for the slow but evident sinking of Venice into the Mediterranean? Maybe it is indemnity for the cruel selfish acts of Venice during the Fourth Crusade. The Venetians along with crusaders robbed Constantinople for personal gains. The Fourth Crusade should be an example that it is crude and unjust to attack fellow men for no reason. The Crusades were a series of battles and short wars against the Muslims. In the eleventh century Jerusalem had been taken
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For one‚ Byzantium was more academically advanced‚ while East Asia was more militarily advanced. The Byzantine Empire focused much attention on architecture. The people there build enormous‚ beautiful buildings. One of the most famous was the Hagia Sophia. Rome also had many writers who wrote great works of history and poems. East Asia on the other hand was more focused out military advancements. China created gun powder‚ which was a huge help in stopping nomadic invasions because of the distance
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16: The Two Worlds of Christendom Chapter Outline The quest for political order The Early Byzantine Empire The City of Constantine Caesaropapism Justinian (527-565 C.E.) and his legacy; Theodora (empress) Rebuilt Constantinople‚ including Hagia Sophia Justine’s Code Codified Roman law Corpus iuris civilis (The Body of the Civil Law) Byzantine Conquests Muslim Conquests and Byzantine Revival Muslim Conquests The Theme system The Rise of the Franks Germanic Kingdoms The Franks Charlemagne
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What Motivated Vladimir I to convert to Christianity and how did the new religion change the culture of Eastern Slavs? Paganism was a mental mindset of the Eastern Slavs living in a world where a majority of the European countries surrounding them had already converted to a monastic religion. Vladimir I‚ a great prince of Kiev‚ reigned from 980 till 1015 and succeeded in the mass conversion of the Eastern Slavs.1 Throughout his reign Vladimir’s agenda had always been to strengthen his empire‚ in
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contextualise each artwork and address the stylistic tendencies. Lastly I will be comparing and contrasting the artworks. Christ as the Good Shepherd (See Addendum A Fig 1) is a mosaic which can be found at the entrance wall of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna‚ Italy and was created in is 425CE. The size of this mosaic is unknown. (Kleiner‚ 2013: 247). The focal point of the composition is the Christ figure who is in the centre in a seated position‚ holding a gold staff which is in the shape
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The Canadian Identity “To achieve an identity you must stop working on whatever you are working on‚ and concentrate on who you are” A society’s location in space may inspire its sense of character and identity. To be located in a strange and new land may imply to become more fully alive of the responsibilities one has as the representative of a special and chosen
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of Babylon Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Statue of Zeus at Olympia Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria Petra Medieval World Stonehenge Roman Colosseum Great Wall of China Porcelain Tower of Nanjing Hagia Sophia Leaning Tower of Pisa Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa Taj Mahal Other developments Dubai’s World Islands Burj Khalifa Tsing Ma Bridge Chek Lap Kok Airport China Rail Network Industrial World SS Great Eastern Bell Rock Lighthouse Brooklyn Bridge London
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Pablo Picasso‚ a Spanish painter from the 19th century once said “Good artists copy‚ great artists steal.” Some of the paintings produced by him are considered as the magnum opus in the art world. The quote itself has already mentioned he would not attain success without the work done left by the ancients. It is an incontrovertible fact that we cannot achieve triumph without relying on the past contributors. However‚ that does not make the masterpieces in this generation more or less worse than the
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Because there are more place to visit than Asian Side. Istanbul also has 2 part. These parts are placed on European Sides. These are Old City and New City. Old City has lots of historical places where are generally interested by tourists . There are Hagia-Sophia ‚ Topkapı Palace ‚ Golden Horn ‚ etc in Old City Part. If you stay there you can visit these places by walking . Also in Old City Part ‚ there are lots of different types of the hotels . Some hotels have designed for based Ottoman Empire concept
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