the eleventh century by crushing the Bulgars was A. Theodora B. Belisarius C. Basil II D. Justinian In the year 962‚ Otto of Saxony A. Accepted the sovereignty of the Byzantine emperors B. Created a written alphabet for the Slavic people C. Expanded the scope of Byzantine influence by translating Justinian’s code into German D. Claimed to rule as emperor of the old western half of the Roman Empire Justinian’s issuance of the Corpus iuris civilis A. Won
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A. Cundari Syllabus HIS/112 Western Civilization From Prehistory to the Middle Ages Course Start Date: 08/06/2014 Course End Date: 09/03/2014 Campus/Learning Center: East El Paso Facilitator Information Alison Cundari alicundari@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) alicundari@aol.com (Personal) 915-626-9025 (MST)
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form”. Because of this‚ we can get a decent idea of what that time period considered supreme. The artwork that will be examined for this paper are all images of rulers‚ they are Victory Stele of Naram- Sin‚ Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius‚ Emperor Justinian and His Attendants and Equestrian Statue of Charles the Bald. Although these four works come
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citizens religious freedom. Despite of the fact that the Roman Empire was not religiously tolerant until the reign of Constantine the Great‚ there was a point where Roman citizens had religious freedom. Another parallel between America’s government and the worlds of classical Greece and Rome would be in the Writ of Habeas Corpus. It is a common idea that was first instituted by Emperor Justinian can be found in the sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Another idea found within the Declaration
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time of the people was to go watch chariot racing at the Hippodrome (SEE IMAGE). By tradition‚ each Byzantine emperor chose among the Blue and Green team to bestow support upon; with one party sated‚ the chance of a riot against the imperial government versus the Blues and the Greens combined was on the down low. Despite favoring the Blues prior to taking the throne‚‚ Emperor Justinian decided not to throw his support behind either team after taking the throne to put on a show of impartiality. This
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The increase in mosaics in churches in Late Antiquity and the Byzantine Era was largely due to the influence of the Roman Emperor Constantine (ruled from 306 to 337 AD). During his rule as emperor‚ Christianity became the major religion and there was a push for more buildings to house the followers of Christ. Along with the new buildings there was a need to decorate these places of worship accordingly and express the religion in a grandiose sort of way. Mosaics were generally the inexpensive and
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the ancient writer paul the silentiary who lived in when the cathedral was completed the building itself represented a victory for both Justinian and Christianity. The building hagia Sophia build his cathedral and Justinian turned to two men named anthemius and isidore the elder. They have built the hagia Sophia in the great speed finished it in less than six years. To put this in the comparison took about nearly a century for
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of people swept across Europe new customs and forms of law were established. Some historians argue that you can’t really talk about criminal law much before the 12th century because it was in the 12th century that Roman law specifically the Justinian code was revived. It wasn’t until 1532 that the Holy Roman Empire issued a full legal code - the Constitio Criminalis Carolina. By the close of the 16th century England had a set of royal law in place within its boundaries. The English system was
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constantly clashed in turmoil and warfare. In 1792 B.C.‚ King Hammurabi conquered and merged the neighboring city states of ancient Mesopotamia‚ creating a Babylonian empire and becoming the sixth king of its capitol city‚ Babylon. During his reign‚ Hammurabi established law and order and funded irrigation‚ defense‚ and religious projects. He personally took care of and governed the administration. In fact‚ in 1786‚ he wrote two hundred eighty-two laws governing family‚ criminal punishment
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Stylized Focus The focus of art changed around the year 3500 B.C. Around this time is when humans developed the first form of writing. The writing system changed the world and it changed the way people viewed the world. This is the first time humans can document history. This made a huge impact on artists and their artwork. The focus changed from humanism and stylization‚ to more idealized art. (Adams) Dating back to 3100 B.C.‚ the Palette of Narmer is one of the first ancient works of art.
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