Rome over one simple scrap of paper…” were Martins Luther’s thoughts of his 95 Theses. Luthers 95 Theses set the Protestant Reformation into motion. This scrap of paper sparked a conflict that changed the way the Catholic Church had a hold on Western Civilization. Very few men if any have shifted the course of history like Martin Luther. In a small time span of ten years‚ this German monk toppled the Catholic Churches hold on Christianity. Martin Luther was born into the corrupt world of Europe ran
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not the theoretical. Historians divide Roman history into 2 broad periods: the Republic began in 509 B.C.‚ w/ the overthrow of the Etruscan monarchy; the Empire began in 27 B.C.‚ when Octavian (Augustus) became the 1st Roman emperor‚ ending 500 years of republican self-government. The Republic initiated the trend toward political & legal universalism‚ which reached fruition in the 2nd period‚ the Empire. EVOLUTION OF THE ROMAN CONSTITUTION: * The Romans‚ like the Greeks‚ came to view law as an
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Greek Influence on Western Culture The traditional starting point for what we sometimes refer to as “the west” is in Ancient Greece. As one of the western civilization sources‚ Greek civilization is primarily an idealized view of one group of Greeks based in and around the city state of Athens which has come to symbolize the development of rationality‚ ethics and logic. Splendid achievements created by Greek have made a far-reaching influence on the western civilization. The Greek culture
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Ancient Civilizations There are many major civilizations in the world today. The first four major civilizations all formed in river valleys. These civilizations are Egypt on the Nile River‚ China on the Huang He River‚ India on the Indus River‚ and Mesopotamia on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. River valleys were a necessity in Early civilizations. The Nile‚ a river that runs through Egypt played an important role in the creation of the civilization. The river was used for irrigation of their crops
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The glory that was Greece‚" in the words of Edgar Allan Poe‚ was short-lived and confined to a very small geographic area. Yet it has influenced the growth of Western civilization far out of proportion to its size and duration. The Greece that Poe praised was primarily Athens during its golden age in the 5th century BC. The English poet John Milton called Athens "the eye of Greece‚ mother of arts and eloquence." Athens was the city-state in which the arts‚ philosophy‚ and democracy flourished. At
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The contribution made by certain individuals in Western Civilization had an enormous outcome in the world. This essay will demonstrate which person had the greatest impact during that time‚ as well as in today’s society. In order to prove that‚ ideas‚ beliefs‚ influences and legacies from Alexander the Great‚ Julius Caesar and Jesus will help support this thesis. King Alexander the Great was one of the most powerful men during the Hellenistic Period. One of his biggest influences was that he fell
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learning Byzantine Empire Caesaropapism Charlemagne Eastern Orthodox Christianity Roman Catholic Christianity Constantinople Crusades Cyril and Methodius Cyrillic European cities Greek fire Gild Holy Roman Empire The West as a “hybrid civilization” Iconoclasm Indulgence Justinian Kievan Rus Natural philosophy Otto I System of competing states Vikings Vladimir‚ prince of Kiev Margin Review Questions 1. In what aspects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did
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The Roman leader Nero slit his own throat on June 9th‚ 68 C.E. after receiving word that the Senate had declared him a public enemy. He was 30 years old. In the beginning of 68 C.E. Gaius Vindex led a rebellion against Nero‚ Rome’s current emperor‚ that could have been easily stopped had Nero not given up so soon. Nero did not put put up much of a fight during his fall‚ and was easily overtaken by the rebels‚ proving that anyone with an army backing them up could become emperor of Rome. Afterwards
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In modern Roman Empire‚ Honey has the equivalent of gold and can be used to pay taxes instead of gold. Honey is a healthy food. Honey acts as both food and medicine at the needed time. And every home tend to always stored honey in their kitchen. Drop of yellow gold was produced from the crowd bee tens of thousands of tickets out of the nest comb to find the nectar from flowers‚ hundreds of thousands of flowers every dawn a new day is a source of great food‚ to become a legend in health for a long
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and those of his successors‚ bring together various worlds? Zoom -middle-east to goods of Mediterranean‚ money based economy‚ and greek ideas -plunder made economic expansion in med. -Selecus‚ Ptolemy‚ Antigonus‚ Lysimachus‚ and others divided empire -syria(selucids)‚ Macedonia(Antigonids)‚ Egypt(Ptolemies) -fierce competition through international relations Hide Insert Card 2 Zoom Describe the influence of Hellenism on societies outside Greek homeland during this time period
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