270 feet long in the form of a cross. What I like about the Byzantine Empire is that they believe in god and that for a nation/empire can last 1000 years while you are surrounded by enemies that hate your guts. The best Byzantine Empire leader was Justinian he was the best due to the fact that he knew who to pick to help him lead the empire and they were his wife Theodora and the commander and chief of his army Belisarius. I would say the best time for the Islam Empire would be in the early 600s. The
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high opinion of math probably came from Socrates who believed the same thing. Later in life Plato started the very first University in all of Europe. This university continued on for nearly 1000 years until it was closed by the Christian emperor Justinian. The university was closed because it was believed to not follow the Christian religion. Another major accomplish of Plato’s was the many groups of writings that he completed. These mainly consisted of a fundamental belief of
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a real person in history. It is the earliest literary work of the chivalric code‚ which is a code that sets shared values of how feudal soldiers‚ or knights‚ should act. In the story‚ Roland is the nephew of France’s emperor‚ who happens to be Charlemagne‚ and he is put into battle as a rear guard as a punishment by his stepfather Ganelon‚ whom he had unintentionally offended. Unbeknown to Roland‚ Ganelon has set up a conspiracy with the Muslim king‚ who is to ambush the rear guard. Ganelon knows
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who one was demographically (class‚ race or ethnicity‚ gender) determined to a large extent how one was handled (Orland‚ 1995; Oshinsky‚ 1996; Reiman‚ 1998). Throughout history‚ in the earliest of legal codes (e.g.‚ the Code of Hammurabi or the Justinian Code)‚ in the English “Black Laws”
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Feudalism began between the 8th and 9th centuries. It was first recognized in France‚ and later spread to most countries of western Europe. When Charlemagne died there was no strong ruler to take his place. That was when feudalism was established as the main system of government and way of life in Medieval Europe. Europe was politically divided. It was hit by several invasions of the Vikings‚ the Magyars‚ Muslim pirates‚ and others. People could no longer look to a central ruler for protection. They
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Chapter 1 Notes - Prehistoric Period o Paleolithic Period "Old Stone Age"  Old and primitive period  Around 50‚000BC  Artwork consisted of cave paintings  Brutal period  Average life expectancy was about 20 years o Neolithic Period "New Stone Age"  Begins around 9‚000BC  Neolithic Revolution Agriculture o Allows people luxury of staying in one place; stability and performance o Cornerstone of civilization Domestic Architecture
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conflicts as many of the religions defend what they believe. Also‚ Christianity starts to get twisted around to becoming more of an authoritative figure to people. The church becoming an authoritative figure is represented when Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor. This was a milestone in history because he was the first emperor of the west in three hundred years‚ and technically‚ the eastern emperor can only make the decision of crowning the western emperor. Also‚ when
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HUM 2210 Study Guide: Exam 2 Identify the Following Art and Architectual Works Works of Art aligned to Cultural Periods Minoan Period Bull-leaping fresco from the Palace of Minos‚ Knossos‚ Crete‚ ca. 1500 B.C.E. Priestess with Snakes‚ Minoan‚ ca. 1600 B.C.E. Mycenaean Period Lion Gate‚ Citadel at Mycenae‚ c.a. 1500-1300 B.C.E. Funerary Mask (gold)‚ possibly of Agamemnon‚ c.a. 1500 Greek: Archaic Period Funerary Krater with “Geometric” Decoration‚ c.a. 750 B.C.E
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ART 1/PREHISTORIC THROUGH GOTHIC ART Chapter 1: The Birth of Art 1-5 Nude Woman (The Venus of Willendorf)‚ 28‚000-25‚000 B.C. 1-6 Woman Holding a Bison Horn‚ from Laussel 25‚000-20‚000 B.C. 1-7 Two Bison‚ 15‚000-10‚000 B.C. 1-9 Bison‚ detail of cave at Altamira‚ 12‚000-1‚000 B.C. 1-10 Spotted Horses and Negative Hand Prints‚ cave at Pech-Merle‚ 22‚000 B.C. 1-11 Hall of Bulls‚ Left wall‚ 15‚000-13‚000 B.C. 1-14 Stone Tower‚ Jericho‚ 8‚000-7‚000 B.C.
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battling lasted literally centuries and it meant a constant drain of resources and a standstill in cultural growth. * horrendous plague * Throughout the first century of the Dark Ages Europe made slow but tangible progress and Emperor Justinian was on the verge of reuniting the continent when the bubonic plague hit and killed tens of millions of people. This destroyed all hope of reunification and kept the continent in chaos for several more centuries. * stagnant cultural growth
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