Course | World Cultures I | Test | Week 5 Quiz | Started | 8/14/12 10:01 PM | Submitted | 8/15/12 12:53 AM | Status | Completed | Score | 62 out of 80 points | Time Elapsed | 2 hours‚ 52 minutes out of 3 hours. | Instructions | This quiz consist of 40 multiple choice questions. The first 10 questions cover the material in Chapter 4. The second 10 questions cover the material in Chapter 5. The third 10 questions cover the material in Chapter 6. The last 10 questions cover the
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history of Christianity‚ wrote of predestination and original sin. Heretic - Someone who’s beliefs are contrary to the orthodox religious doctrine. Roman Catholic Church Charlemagne - Emperor that became known as Charles the Great‚ built an empire across France‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Feudalism - Powerful lords divide the land among lesser lords. Vassal - Someone being trusted
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when his father died in 1506‚ he inherited the Netherlands and the Franche Comte‚ which was located in France but actually belonged to the Holy Roman Empire. He gained much more land once his maternal and paternal grandfathers died. Not since Charlemagne‚ in the early 9th Century‚ had one person dominated so much land. When Charles visited Spain for the first time‚ he realized that he wasn’t popular among the citizens. However‚ his fight against the muslim Turks and the German Protestants
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world-view. Through the use of relics‚ people were allowed a personal connection to the story of the religion. They are practiced all over the globe‚ far from their origins. One reason is forced conversion such as the conversion of the Saxons by Charlemagne under threat of death. Another is diaspora such as when the Romans expelled the Jews from Judea and they scatted all over the earth. Question 2: How did these three major world religions change and adapt to diverse cultural circumstances?
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a unified kingdom when he died‚ he incorporated several religious practices such as fasting and sacrificing in order to choose the heir that most pleased God. This heir would then be put over the others as the one king. Also‚ in the case of Charlemagne‚ the only times he wore foreign costumes was when seeking to gratify the pope. He also sought education for himself and his children in the liberal arts‚ where he mainly received tutelage from deacons and teachers from the Catholic faith. Finally
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Biography of Plato. Plato was a Greek philosopher‚ mathematician‚ rhetorician‚ writer‚ founder of Academy‚ and even a double Olympic champion. He was born in 427 BCE in family of wealthy and influential Athenian parents: Ariston and Perictione. Plato ’s real name was Aristocles. For his athletic figure his wrestling coach called him Plato‚ which means “broad”. As Plato was from a wealthy family‚ he got the best teachers of that time‚ who taught him music‚ grammar and athletics. At the age
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The final failure of the great civilization of Rome‚ was a slow‚ fatal‚ apparently irreversible process which seems to begin in the third century AD and is completed‚ at least as far as western Europe is concerned‚ in the fifth. During the long decline‚ great self-made figures‚ never from Rome but from the fringes of the empire‚ come forward and seek‚ by heroic efforts‚ to restore the unity‚ the security‚ the stability of the empire. They are famous figures in politics‚ religion‚ and art. The Roman
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The pope turned to political and military leaders in the west for support and began to cut ties with the Byzantine emperor. In the year 800‚ the pope crowned Charlemagne the new Holy Roman Emperor. This outraged the Byzantines who felt that the Byzantine emperor was the rightful ruler of the Roman Empire. The dispute between the pope and Byzantine emperors continued. The pope claimed authority over the church
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Art History Islamic Art and the Art of the Ottomans (Divine Decoration) Islam: “Submission to God’s Will” Muhammed: “Messenger of God” Qur’an: “Recitations” Muslims: “Those who have submitted to God” The Dome of the Rock (691) Jerusalem‚ Recognized by Jews and Christians Jews: Temple of Solomon‚ site where Adam was created Christians: Jesus chased out the money-lenders Built in shape of Martyrium Holy place‚ that of martyrdom Inside is all geometric patterns‚ clerestory
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Chapter 9 1. How did the Byzantine Empire maintain Roman imperial traditions in the East? It centers itself around the capital‚ Constantinople. The Byzantines continued to employ a traditional Roman style of government and law. Byzantine Emperor‚ Justinian attempted to restore the Roman Empire to its prior status by trying to recover the western portions of the Empire. 2. What led to the split between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches? Cultural differences led to the split between the two
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