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    strategy is not only effective it was safety precaution. Though the tactic is sound and somewhat effective Robert describes it as fleeing that has a cowardly connotation. Contrast this with an example of Bohemond’s courage in retreating during the siege of Antioch. Bohemond‚ a leader of the crusade and Count of Normandy‚ was injured in the fight and Robert describes his response‚ “Blood began to pour profusely from the wound‚ and the heart of the most noble prince began to lose its normal strength

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    Israel with a King – 1020 B.C. Destruction of Judah by the Babylonians – 587 Time Line – Foreign Domination Exile Persian Period - 539 Greek Period Roman Period Judaism Monotheism Sacred Text; makes them unique Christianity Destruction of Jerusalem – 70 A.D. Arrangement Hebrew Bible – TANAK Law/ Torah Prophets / Nevi ‘im Writings / Ketuvim Old Testament Law / Pentateuch (five scrolls) History Wisdom Literature & Psalms Prophets Law or Pentateuch Genesis

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    Vernet in his "Curso Básico de Arqueología Bíblica"‚ Teologado Salesiano Internacional de Ratisbonne‚ Jerusalén‚ 2001 (in Italian). Jump up ^ J.M. Vernet‚ "Basic Course in Biblical Archaeology "‚ International Silesian Theologate of Ratisbonne‚ Jerusalem‚ 2001 (in Italian)‚ p. 5 Jump up ^ Mills and Bullard‚ 1990‚ p Jump up ^ Bruins‚ Hendrik and van der Plicht‚ Johannes. "Tell-es-Sultan (Jericho): Radiocarbon results of short-lived cereal and multiyear charcoal samples from the end of the Middle Bronze

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    1  Logan Tarkowski  English III  Mrs. Dewar  2/17/2014  Medieval Castles   Throughout the Medieval Era there was a need for castles to fit all of the family and  royalties that lived in these areas. Medieval castles have been around for a long time and are now  apart of our history. They are historical evidence of the past‚ something that can be examined to  find out new details about the past. Leftover items in these castles gives us evidence of how they  lived inside the castle‚ the architecture shows how they defended and attacked castles

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    The cold‚ stone hard fact is that the Hundred Years’ War was one of the longest and the most devastating war that ever took place in Europe. It was estimated that the war had killed three million people in 116 years. This catastrophic event was caused by one man’s desire to become King of France. This foolish man‚ King Edward III believed that he had a right to the throne of France because he was a nephew of a former French king. The French denied King Edward III royal authority‚ but supported the

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    So long as the Colosseum stands‚ Rome also stands; when the Colosseum will fall‚ Rome also will fall; when Rome will fall‚ the world also will fall" (The Venerable Bede) The Colosseum is the most striking evidence of the grandeur of ancient Rome-its most massive‚ impressive and awe-inspiring feat of engineering. Originally known as the Amphitheatrum Flavium‚ it was the first major all-stone amphitheater in Rome.2 Since the eighth century‚ it has been known simply as the Colosseum‚ apparently

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    rise of a new monotheistic faith meant the end of some Christian communities‚ especially in the Arabian Peninsula. However‚ the treatment of Christians was not uniform and was very much dependent on the attitude of local Muslim rulers. In Syria‚ Jerusalem‚ and Armenia‚ Christian leaders negotiated agreements with the Islamic forces and the communities survived. 2. Nestorian Christians in the Middle East and China: In Syria‚ Iraq‚ and Persia‚ a Church of the East‚ the Nestorians‚ found accommodation

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    On the surface‚ it would seem as though that the two human activities that would be the greatest distance apart from each other are mathematics and war. On one end‚ you have the utter violence and destructive and chaotic force that is war. Its main objectives are to kill people and destroy things‚ as well as ultimately bringing one nation’s or group’s military (or often times‚ their whole society) under the control of another. On the other hand there is mathematics‚ which‚ by contrast‚ would seem

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    Jericho". Web.archive.org. 2008-02-20. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2011-03-31. 62. ^ Kenyon‚ Kathleen "Digging up Jericho"(London‚ 1957) 63 Bibliography[edit] * Benvenisti‚ Meron (1998). City of Stone: The Hidden History of Jerusalem. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20768-4. * Bromiley‚ Geoffrey W. (1995). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: E-J. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-3782-0. * Finkelstein‚ Israel; Silberman‚ Neil Asher (2002)

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    and society in the early Islamic state. London: Routledge. Peters‚ F.E. (1994). Muhammad and the origins of Islam. Albany‚ NY: State University of New York Press. Sicker‚ Martin (2000). The Islamic world in ascendency: From the Arab conquests to the siege of Vienna. Westport‚ CT: Praeger.

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