The Iberian Peninsula and Italy are culturally and ethnically today not very similar to what they were during the early Middle Ages. For centuries‚ Iberia was under the control of Moors‚ a group Muslim people from North Africa. They had a drastically different culture compared to Germanic tribes that had controlled the peninsula for the few centuries prior. Unsurprisingly‚ they practiced Islam and created architecture like the Alhambra that was linked to it. Jews were also able to practice their
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The rise of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages impacted much of Western Europe and was reestablished to be as powerful as the Old Roman empire. The Holy Roman Emperor was able to unite and influence the people of Europe for many years to come. Before Charlemagne (or Charles the Great) came into power in 768‚ his grandfather Charles Martel became the ruler of the Frankish territories after the Merovingian dynasty was losing control of it. When Martel died‚ his son Pepin the Short‚ took the power of the
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I do not believe the Middle Ages reflected darkness or embodied ignorance. Even though this period had centuries to produce new technology‚ they still contributed in the molding of today’s society. Their contribution was the improved innovation on “borrowed” technology. When people refer to the Middle Ages as “dark‚” they might be associating the “darkness” with the looming death that engulfed the period. One famously horrific encounter of death was the plague‚ Mr. Broedel states “…Europe lost between
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The Middle Ages‚ despite also being referred to as the Dark Ages‚ was a time of high creativity. The misconception that it was "dark" is most likely due to the two periods directly before‚ and after it‚ which had more advancement and focus on learning and education. This period of creativity would not last. A series of crises would strike the people of medieval Europe in a manner extremely similar to those foretold in the Bible‚ brought by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was so similar in
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Women in the Middle Ages (early 1400s-late 1500s) In every part of the world‚ women have been considered subordinate to men and have not had as many rights as men. They were always expected to do thing such as taking care of the family‚ satisfying their husband’ every need‚ and not working outside of their houses. During the industrialization era‚ when jobs became more common and factories needed workers‚ women started working as well. Thus‚ as societies became more urbanized‚ the general role of
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“We shall be rich’eth! Death to the peculiar ones!…. I mean witches!” In 1480‚ a greed-spawned genocide began in Europe. It spread across England‚ Scotland‚ Switzerland‚ Germany‚ Poland‚ and parts of France. Over 100‚000 people were tried‚ tortured‚ and executed; because they were ²witches². Although many of these victims were probably not witches‚ in that era they didn‘t know better. People had very strong personal beliefs‚ religious views‚ and their so called ²scientific² reasons for believing
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Chapter 1 DBQ The role of the physical environment in the development of early civilization in Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ and the Indus Valley led to societies flourishing‚ construction of complex buildings‚ and the development of a set of belief systems. Physical environment helped with the development of early civilization in Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ and the Indus Valley by helping societies to flourish. Excerpt from the story of Gilgamesh states how the people of Sumer depend on the grain that they grow
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23‚ 2013 Describe music life in The Middle Ages; I would a discussion based on the development of sacred and secular music throughout this time period. Please identity key genres that developed composers of the time and civic life that surrounded the music of this time. Music in The Middle Ages made great advancement through the centuries which many are still evidence. The Christian church affected the development of music greatly during the middle ages. People used music for different things
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trying to gain social and political equality with men. Comparing what a woman’s life was like in Medieval Europe to all of the opportunities and freedoms that women are able to experience today shows just how far things have come. Women in the Middle Ages lived an extremely different life than they would today‚ and that life was greatly affected by several different factors. In Medieval Europe‚ religion‚ social rank‚ marital status‚ and laws greatly influenced the life and image of women. Because
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responsible for helping to educate the middle classes during the Renaissance? The invention that was most responsible for helping to educate the middle classes during the Renaissance was the printing press discovered by a German printer named Johannes Gutenberg in the middle of the fifteenth century. 2. Were Renaissance artists and scholars more interested in studying the artistic accomplishments of the medieval period or those of the Greeks and Romans? Renaissance artists and scholars were more
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