Compare and Contrast Essay The Mongols and the Franks similate in many different ways that lead to such rapid conquest throughout different regions in the world. Some of the similarities were how both of the famous rulers‚ Charlemagne (Franks) and Genghis Khan (Mongols) divided up their land to family descendants such as Kublai Khan. Some main areas in which they differ is through their way of living‚ culture and there religions that they practiced and allowed to be practiced such as Christianity
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Wara Monkhare El Ahmar‚ a play written and directed by Walid Saliba‚ was performed at Frem Multipurpose room‚ at the Lebanese American University‚ on the 19th of May 2013. The play was mainly a series of fragmented retrospective memories experienced by the director. In Brief‚ the play constitutes of two characters‚ actors‚ Marylise Aad and Mike Evasion‚ sharing the same apartment. This show acts as a boosting stimulator to reveals what is behind our red noise as described by the director. A series
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I was another leader who caused lots of war and led the Franks. At the age of 15‚ he already had an army‚ and by the time he was 30‚ he murdered anyone and everyone related to him. Charlemagne was a leader who started 50 wars at the start of his reign and murdered anyone who didn’t become Christian. Although Charlemagne did do all those bloody things‚ he did almost pull Europe out of the Dark Ages. While having peace for about 30 years‚ he built several royal schools to start getting children and
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have such great meaning to warriors of the period. Charlemagne and his knights are fighting in Spain against pagans and the new Islamic power‚ in the name of Christianity. By showing that the battle is between the different religions started hundreds of years before the Crusades‚ somehow it almost gives a reason that why the Crusades are the right thing to do. The faithful men show his loyalty to Roland and then Roland shows to his lord Charlemagne‚ which give a sense of what it means to be a true
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over most of the subcontinent. Alauddin‚ the second Khalji sultan‚ repelled an attempted invasion by the Mongols‚ but in 1398‚ following a period of internal strife‚ the territory of the sultanate was overrun by the armies of the Turkic conqueror Tamerlane. Under the Sayyid (1414-1451) and Lodi (1451-1526) dynasties the sultanate’s power was greatly reduced and was finally destroyed by the Mughal emperor Humayun in 1555-1556. The Ghaznavid state grew weaker under Mahmud’s descendants and gave
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Test 2 1.) Which term describes the line of kings under Charlemagne? Carolingian 2.) During the High Middle Ages‚ the most important center for education became the University of Paris. True 3.) Relics were sacred religious items that became an important aspect of spiritual and economic tradition for the Church. True 4.) Which artist is credited as being responsible for bridging the gap between the Byzantine and Renaissance styles? Giotto 5.) Charles the Great created a system of education known
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The Carolingian Renaissance is a period in the Middle Ages characterized by the revival of scholarship‚ and tagged with the figure of Charlemagne. After a period of stagnation and certain decadence in the development of intellectual awareness and art which marked the Middle Ages‚ in the second half of the 8th century there is a new uplift in these fields. Charlemagne brings the greatest scholars of his time to his court‚ in a desire to revive the level of artistic creation and nourishment of literacy
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Global History Regents Review Unit 1: The Ancient World Section 1: Early Peoples and River Civilizations Nomads – people who moved from place to place‚ hunting and gathering their food. Paleolithic people were nomads. Their simple social structure consisted of small groups of people who traveled together. Cultural Diffusion – the exchange of ideas‚ customs‚ and goods among cultures. Cultural diffusion occurs through trade‚ warfare‚ and migration. Neolithic – the New Stone Age in which planting
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Rome 337 Conversion of Emperor Constantine to Christianity 391 Christianity made the state religion of the Roman Empire 476 End of the Roman Empire Ca.530 St. Benedict’s Rule written 612 Monastery of St. Gall founded 800 Charlemagne coronated as Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in Rome 816-17 Synod in Aachen Ca.820 Ideal plan for the Monastery of St. Gall drafted Monastery: A monastery is a building or collection of buildings in which monks live. Basilica: A basilica
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Molloy Edgar Allan Poe • Born on January 19‚ 1809‚ in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S. • Poe never really knew his parents. • Also wrote The Raven‚ The Pit and the Pendulum‚ The Fall of the House of Usher‚ and Annabel Lee • Poe published his first book‚ Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827. • He married his cousin Virginia‚ in 1836‚ when she was only 13. • Poe had problems with alcohol • Died on October 7‚ 1849 The Tell Tale Heart Summary • The story opens up with the narrator scared of an old man because
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