1. What was Justinian I’s role in the decline of the Byzantine Empire? After he died the decline of the Byzantine Empire started. 2. What challenges did the Byzantine Empire face from foreign forces? Foreign forces came and weakend the Byzantine Empire. 3. What effect did each of the different leaders of the Byzantine Empire between 800 CE and 1025 CE have on the strength of the Empire itself? Trade flourished under Basil and provided the empire with large amounts of wealth. Also‚ Basil strengthened
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AP World History Midterm Exam Review Chapter 8 1. What specifically did the following regions or peoples diffuse through trade? China: India: Arabs: The Americas/Mesoamerica: Eurasia and North Africa: 2. The Silk Roads were land-based trade routes linking pastoral and agricultural peoples as well as large civilizations. How were goods transported along the Silk Roads to sustain the networks of exchange among its diverse people? 3. What region became the center of the Indian
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projects as well including bridges‚ roads‚ aqueducts‚ and churches. In that time he built the Hagia Sophia‚ a beautiful and massive church. 3. I think that one challenge to the Byzantine Empire was that throughout much of the middle Ages the Byzantium Empire fought the Muslims for control of the eastern Mediterranean. Another challenge was constantly being worried about being overthrown. Another challenge was the riots in the streets which almost made Justinian leave. 4. The economy of the Byzantine
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construction. After the 1830s the term clipper was adopted to mean any fast ship. The Clipper Ship By 1830 general usage had made the term clipper synonymous with fast sailing‚ although no specific hull type or rig was standard. After about 1845 the term was used in conjunction with a name indicating the cargo carried or area served by a fast-sailing vessel‚ and a specific rig and hull type usually were indicated. The more common types were the California clipper‚ China clipper‚ coffee clipper‚ opium clipper
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huge number of ports‚ such as Adulis along the Red Sea coast‚ and it participated in the commerce of the Indian Ocean‚ where its export goods included ivory‚ slaves‚ and crystal. They also traded with Alexandrian Egypt‚ and eventually with Rome‚ Byzantium‚ and India. Teotihuacan was a powerful political‚ military‚ economic and cultural center that influenced the whole of Mesoamerica. Teotihuacan is one of the world’s oldest and most impressive archaeological sites. The wealth of Teotihuacan was based
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our future here on Earth. The series of extreme events mention in the film are very credible because Keyes consulted over 40 scientists‚ scholars‚ astronomers‚ and experts on cosmic collisions‚ volcanoes‚ epidemics and ancient wars from Mexico to Byzantium and from Africa to Indonesia. The extreme event that happened about 2000 years ago laid the foundation of how we live today. For example‚ in 535 and 536 AD‚ darkness lasted for 18 months. The sun would only come up for about four hours a day.
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A great example of this is in the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent. The Grand wazir of the time was Rüstem Paşa. Sultan Süleyman‚ during one of his walks‚ sees a water way left from the time of the Byzantium and directly thinking of repairing it he hires an engineer named Nicola. Rüstem Paşa gets Nicola arrested and puts him in jail. Sultan Süleyman‚ having heard of this‚ asks the Grand wazir why he has arrested the engineer. Rüstem Paşa replies‚ “It
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The Islamic Empire undertook powerful and meaningful movements across North Africa and into Hispania‚ while being able to rapidly expand their hold on territory and the progressive installment of Islam in these territories. During the early eighth century the Islamic Caliphate made several successful invasions into Europe‚ but could not make any meaningful impositions on the European people and European society. The failures of Islamic leadership to cultivate and expand the Islamic religion in Europe
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My poem was The Eagle by E.E. Cummings. This poem describes someone looking up to the sky and seeing a eagle majesticly flying in the sky. Cummings used repatition and end rhymes to make the poem more pleasing to read and hear. He also uses many‚ many elements of imagrey. He uses things such as "The suns warm rays" in line 8 to give an inital feeling of peace with the sun as a warm‚ comforting source. He uses repatiton on lines 13 and 14. "nearer and nearer he steadily sailed‚ nearer and nearer he
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structure‚ postclassical India a. rivaled Tang China in respect to size and administrative brilliance. b. developed no single centralized imperial authority. c. copied the Chinese model after being conquered by the Tang. d. was most influenced by Byzantium. e. was more similar to imperial Rome than to Tang China. 2. An invasion in 451 C.E. by the White Huns‚ began the collapse of the Gupta dynasty and a. began years of political chaos in northern India. b. can be seen as the beginning of India’s
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