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    the ability of the Europeans to be able to colonize land across the seas can be accounted to changes occurring in trade and technology. After the black plague‚ the European economy was beginning to recover and looking to expand. Technologies in sailing also saw great advancements during this time period‚ allowing the Europeans to cross the seas successfully. First of all‚ the European economy was able and moving toward expansion. The only way this expansion could be achieved was to add new

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    The Greek Orthodox Church

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    The Greek Orthodox Church The Greek Orthodox Church is one of the three major branches of Christianity‚ which "stands in today ’s society as one of the communities created by the apostles of Jesus in the region of the eastern Mediterranean‚ and which spread by missionary activity throughout Eastern Europe" (Meyendorff 5).The word orthodox comes from Greek‚ meaning right-believing. currently the orthodox religion has more than 174 million followers throughout the world. The Greek Orthodox church

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    Roman Empire Religion

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    What is an important event or issue in history that had an impact upon a religion?   One important event in history that had an impact on the Christian religion was the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was one of history’s largest civilizations‚ comprising of 12% of the world’s population at the time. At its height‚ the empire contained around 100 million citizens. The empire included Britain‚ France‚ Spain‚ the Middle East‚ the North African Coast‚ and even stretched across to Turkey. The Roman Empire

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    Why did empires of the ancient world rise and fall? According to the statement of Ian Morris and Walter Scheidel in their book The Dynamics of Ancient Empires‚ the first empire we have known in the world “took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf‚ beginning around 2350 B.C.E” (Ian Morris‚ Walter Scheidel. 2009). From then on‚ a large number of imperial powers with a growing share of humanity sprung up in the next 2500 years. Among these‚ there

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    Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standards Codifications (ASC) 360 – Property‚ Plant and Equipment to conduct our tests for recoverability on the cruise ship. Our analysis has helped us conclude that the value of the cruise ship has been impaired and Smooth Sailing will have to record an impairment loss of $1.6 million. The first step is to determine whether there were any indicators of impairment of the asset. According to FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 360-10-35-21: “A long lived asset

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    The Europeans did not really have an interest in sailing the world and exploring foreign lands‚ but that all changed by the 1400s. What led to the Europeans wanting to explore the world was the desire to grow rich and to spread Christianity‚ coupled with advances in sailing technology‚ spurred an age of European exploration. The main motive for exploring the world was the the desire for new sources of wealth. The Europeans figured that overseas trade would bring a lot of wealth their way through

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    Christianity. Although Constantine was the first Christian Emperor of Rome; he paved the way for the success and growth of the religion through legal and religious declarations‚ military domination‚ and the creation of Constantinople as the new capital of Byzantium. The impact and importance of Constantine was so immense that even ten Byzantine emperors after Constantine used his name as a measure of his importance. Constantine legalized Christianity and abolished the persecution of Christians in his region

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    History of Fashion

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    Fashion in the Middle Ages May 31–August 14‚ 2011 at the Getty Center Clothes are far more than a physical covering to protect the body from the elements; they can reveal much about a person. An evening gown‚ a doctor’s white coat‚ cowboy boots—today these can all be clues to social status‚ profession‚ or geographic origin. In the Middle Ages‚ clothing was integral to identifying one’s place in the world. Medieval people were highly skilled at reading the meaning of fashion‚ which

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    Chapter 9

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    Chapter 9 1. How did the Byzantine Empire maintain Roman imperial traditions in the East? It centers itself around the capital‚ Constantinople. The Byzantines continued to employ a traditional Roman style of government and law. Byzantine Emperor‚ Justinian attempted to restore the Roman Empire to its prior status by trying to recover the western portions of the Empire. 2. What led to the split between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches? Cultural differences led to the split between the

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    Greek Food and Culture

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    the forty days of Lent. During the Byzantine period food began to materialize as an art form. The royal court had a large staff of professional cooks who expanded the traditional foods to include imported foods such as spices and caviar. After the Byzantium‚ the courts of Ottoman Sultans took up many of the cooking styles of the Byzantine period and added to them with their own traditions. Under the Ottomans‚ Greek foods were influenced by Turkish foods. This can still be seen today in dishes such as

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