beginnings‚ the Islamic Empire established itself as a rival to the Byzantine Empire‚ capturing a large portion of Byzantine-controlled territory within the first few decades of its inception. In three or four paragraphs‚ compare and contrast the societies of the Byzantines and the Muslims in ONE of the following areas: politics‚ economics/trade‚ social structure/culture‚ religion. Why were the Muslims initially so successful in capturing territory from the Byzantine Empire? Why were they unable
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Homework #13 cont.d a. The Byzantine Empire acted as a shield against the Arabs and Turks‚ preventing them from wilder invasions and conquests in Europe. Classical Greek and Roman texts were used during the rule of the Byzantine Empire after the fall of the Roman Empire (in the west). When the Crusades came‚ the crusaders brought a grand quantity of important Europeans into close contact with the wealthier and sophisticated Byzantine culture. The European texts that were supposedly lost or forgotten
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The Byzantine Empire‚ sometimes known as the Eastern Roman Empire‚ was the predominantly Greek-speaking continuation of the eastern half of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul)‚ originally founded as Byzantium. It survived the 5th century fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During most of its existence‚
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The Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire‚ the survivor of the Roman empire‚ flourished into the oldest and longest lasting empire in our history. It began with Constantine the Great’s triumph of Christianity. He then transferred his capital from Rome to the refounded Byzantium in the early 4th century‚ year 330 AD‚ and named it Constantinople after himself. This city became the surviving safe spot after the breakup of the Western Roman empire by the 5th century. It was by far the largest
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Retrenchment and recovery: AD 1402 - 1481 The Ottoman domain shrinks drastically after Bayazid’s defeat and capture by Timur in 1402. The many small emirs of Turkey reassert their independence‚ as do the Balkan states. The three sons of Bayazid are left with only the family’s central territories round the southern and western sides of the sea of Marmara. They fight each other in a civil war which is won by the youngest‚ Mehmed I‚ in 1413. From this unpromising position‚ the son and grandson
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Throughout the centuries‚ many empires have developed on the different continents of the Earth. All of these empires have experienced period of political‚ economic‚ and social success‚ as well as periods of decline. This is the case with the 3 Muslim empires: the Ottomans‚ the Safavids‚ and the Mughal. After the collapse of the Mongol Empire‚ the 3 kingdoms began to from across Asia: the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor‚ the Safavid Empire in Persia‚ and the Mughal Empire in India. At their height‚ they
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seventeenth century‚ when the Ottoman empire became a real threat to global civilization. The Ottoman empire left a significant impact on global civilization‚ differentiating their view of the world from the rest of the world. As a result‚ the Ottoman empire reformed beliefs like Muslim and Islam‚ controlled and threatened the world by expanding and growing at a terrifying rate. Authors Geoffrey Woodward‚ Ira Lepidus‚ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk‚ Hassan al-Bana discuss how the Ottoman empire threatened and left
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Sevi and the Ottoman-Turkish Donmes‚ presented by Matthew Ghazarian and Cengiz Sisman‚ presents us about a messianic movement by Sabbatai Sevi in 1665 and the secret community that his followers created after his passing within the Ottoman Empire. According to Sisman‚ Sevi’s messianic movement is renowned to be one of the successful movements during the Ottoman empire. The movement gained so much popularity that it challenged the authority of the Ottoman sovereignty. The Ottoman Empire usually did
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The first empires rose‚ and when they fell new ones were ready to take their place. These empires became even more connected through trade routes. With trade came the spread of religion‚ culture‚ and ideas. The spread of religion also lead to today’s widespread world religions. Trade was not always a good thing‚ though‚ it also spread deadly diseases that reduced populations and caused the fall of empires. The three classical civilizations of China‚ Rome‚ and India were great empires at their peaks
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Gunpowder Empires DBQ Before the 1700s‚ three of the major empires were called the Gunpowder Empires: the Ottomans of Turkey‚ the Safavids of Iran‚ and the Mughals of India. Although the Ottoman‚ Safavid‚ and Mughal Empires had strong bureaucracies and economic prosperity‚ they also had absolute rulers who denied their citizens basic civil rights. One of the strengths of the Gunpowder Empires was their strong bureaucracies based on meritocracy. Jahangir‚ a Mughal Emperor‚ stated that “where I
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