Robert W. Strayer Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources Second Edition Chapter 10 The Worlds of Christendom: Contraction‚ Expansion‚ and Division‚ 500–1300 Copyright © 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin’s I. Christian Contraction in Asia and Africa A. Asian Christianity 1. The challenge of Islam‚ yet many cases of tolerance: While Christianity had spread through much of North Africa and the Middle East‚ the unexpected rise of a new monotheistic faith meant the end of some Christian
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Rise Expansion of Christianity No one can talk about world civilization without paid a close attention to the parts that play by churches. Either Christianity or Islam they influence humanity life. To illustrate‚ centuries after‚ this dramatic incident was thought to mark the beginning of the schism between the Latin and the Greek churches‚ a division that still separates Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox (Greek‚ Russian‚ and so on). Now‚ however‚ no big scholar maintains that the schism
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the Muslims of the Middle East. During the year 1076 the Muslims had captured the most holy of holy places for Christians‚ city of Jerusalem. In the 900’s Byzantium had successfully seized religion in Syria‚ in the begging of the 1030 the Seljuk Turks had managed to take over land and power in Syria. These actions prevented the emperor of Byzantium‚ Alexis I had sent an assignment to Piacenza‚ Italy. The first of the many crusades began in the year 1095 when Christian armies from Western Europe had
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more people are able to involve in farming. Therefore‚ the price of food did not go so high due to the competition‚ which solved inflation that Rome once experienced. Manufacturing Enterprises: Byzantium was the center of manufacturing since as a Greek city-state and during Roman classic age. Byzantium was famous for crafting. When it became the capital of Byzantine Empire‚ Constantinople became even more advanced. Also‚ when silk from China traded in Constantinople. Constantinople is the only city
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influence as well‚ borrowing from China and exporting to and influencing Byzantium and Europe. The use of drinking and eating vessels in gold and silver‚ the ideal in ancient Rome and Persia as well as medieval Christian societies‚ is prohibited by the Hadiths‚ with the result that pottery and glass were used for tableware by Muslim elites‚ as pottery (but less often glass) also was in China‚ but was much rarer in Europe and Byzantium. Islamic restrictions In the same way Islamic restrictions greatly
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In the Eastern Mediterranean world between the periods of 300-750 C.E‚ there were three empires that had dominated this region in the late Antiquity. Those three empires were the Sasanid Empire‚ the Byzantine Empire and the Arab-Islamic Empire .These three empires had affected this region economically‚ politically‚ religiously and in culture. . The Sasanid state emerged against the background of Old Iranian history. The Achaemenids establish the framework for the Sasanids and the Achaemenids
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Background: An account of the battle of the Yarmuk aka. Yarmuq or Hieromyax written by Al-Baladhuri in Arabic. A Byzantine general by the name of Vahan gathered a large army around 200‚000 men and they conquered a lot of areas in the Middle East: Iraq‚ Iran‚ Syria‚ Israel‚ and Palestine. A reason for why they had so many men was because they would get men from the places they conquered to fight for them. They met the Muslim army lead by Khalid ibn al-Walid at the Battle of the Yarmuk in Syria on
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Frank Longueira May 3‚ 2009 A.P. World History Post-Classical Essay Period 7 Change Over Time Post-Classical Era (500-1450) The Post-Classical Era was an era filled with change‚ continuity‚ and development. East Asia was a very prominent part of the world during this era. East Asia illustrated many major political‚ social‚ economic‚ and religious changes and displayed consistent continuity along with many interactions with other lands during 500 C.E. – 1450 C.E. Between 500 C.E. – 1450 C.E.
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Byzantium the state which has brought in the big contribution to development of culture to Europe of middle ages. Here the Christianity for the first time became an official religion. Christianity affected the Byzantine art. In Byzantine art the main subject of paintings icons (Greek image) were holy figures: Christ‚ the Virgin Mary‚ the saints‚ and the apostles. One of the most famous is icon with Archangel Gabriel‚ Byzantine (Constantinople or Sinai?)‚ 13th century
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and differences found in their creation‚ their interpretations of Christian beliefs‚ and their decline. Rome was supposedly founded in 753 BC by the twins Romulus and Remus in Italy. Early settlers were Latins‚ Greeks‚ and the Etruscans. The Byzantium Empire was created in 395 when a Roman leader named Diocletian divided the empire due to difficulties in communication between eastern and western parts of Rome. The Byzantine Empire actually ruled under the Roman Empire until its demise in AD 476
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