Throughout history different regions have been able to trade with other areas across the continents. Many factors helped facilitate this trade. Among these factors were the laws of supply and demand‚ the presence of middlemen‚ and common religions. Under the influence of these factors‚ silk‚ jade‚ dye‚ horses‚ and many other goods were traded throughout Asia‚ Africa‚ and Europe. Not only did these factors increase trade‚ but it also helped spread ideas and culture across the world. This cultural
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Do you ever wonder why there aren’t many records of the Celts before the Romans came to power? The culture of the Celts can be hard to trace before Roman times. They were a society that did not leave anything of much permanence behind. That being said‚ much pagan Celtic culture like art and literature remains unknown. The deciding factor that gave the Celts a permanent place in history was Christianity. Despite the prevalence of Christianity throughout Celtic society‚ much of the art and literature
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reflect on the “the tourist literature of antiquity” (298) Undoubtedly‚ the solicitors of this falsity must have gleaned monetary gain. Many monasteries exploited the pilgrims. The church at this time had centralized leadership where was their voice in all of this? Did the Church support this falsehood? Why did the monasteries not speak out? Not all monasteries would have complied with this. Unfounded and fraudulent representation of these monks despoils the glory from God displaces it the monks
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widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. He wrote around 40 books mainly dealing with theology and history. He is the patron saint of scholars. He was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouthand of its companion monastery‚ Saint Paul’s‚ in modern Jarrow (see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow)‚ both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is well known as an author and scholar‚ and his most famous work‚ Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical
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Explicitly‚ both Islam and Christianity spread and expanded until 1500 C.E. because the two religions had missionaries and merchants/trade to spread the message about their faith. However‚ unlike Islam which had no monastic life‚ Christianity had many monasteries that encouraged the spread of the Christian faith. Both religions‚ Christianity and Islam had missionaries that helped spread their faiths far from their home-land. Missionaries are people sent on a religious mission‚ or one sent to promote
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Nan San Kyaw Palace and Mandalay Kyone. That’s a trademark of my native town. Mandalay is famous with the places such as Maha Muni Pagoda‚ Kyauktawgyi Pagoda‚ Kuthodaw Pagoda‚ Shwenandaw Monastery and Atumashi Monastery. Mandalay is Myanmar’s cultural and religious centre of Buddhism‚ having numerous monasteries and more than 700 pagodas. That show my native town is very devout in Buddhist religious. Moreover‚ Mandalay is well-known in the world by The World’s Biggest Book‚ located in Kuthodaw Pagoda
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Who was the Venerable Bede? Why do historians rely so much on his writings? What great contributions did he make? The Venerable Bede (673-735) was an English monk at the monastery of St. Peter. He was an author and scholar. His most famous work was "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" which gained him the title "The Father of English History". The Venerable Bede´s History is one of the few sources that exist for the Anglo Saxon period. Bede´s writings are considered reliable since he was
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Tibetan culture Tibetan culture developed under the influence of a number of factors. Contact with neighboring countries and cultures- including Nepal‚ India and China–have influenced the development of Tibetan culture‚ but the Himalayan region’s remoteness and inaccessibility have preserved distinct local influences. Buddhism has exerted a particularly strong influence on Tibetan culture since its introduction in the 7th century. Art‚ literature‚ and music all contain elements of the prevailing
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Hieronymus Bosch Horrendous torture‚ carnal mutilations‚ flying fish‚ the fires of hell‚ and the sinister depths of the human imagination are just a few of the illustrations found in the paintings of Bosch. Hieronymus van Aken‚ commonly known Bosch‚ is acknowledged worldwide as one of the most popular and most intriguing artists in history. A true master of symbolism‚ this paradox-riddled man was a herald in genre painting and landscaping. He was a painter rich in ideas with what is seemingly
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should leave the monastery for their safety or resist the fact that the extremists next target might be them. The life of a Trappist monk is pretty simple compared to other orders in the church. The majority of a Trappist monk’s time is devoted to prayed to God in the form of masses. They were mostly cut from the outer world staying in the monastery for most of the time. They would sometime go out to bless people ‚ give medicine to the sick‚ and just to get supplies for the monastery . They were worried
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