The Middle Ages Test Choose the best response for the following questions. 1. The emperor Justinian’s most important achievement was the codification of Roman law into The Body of Civil Law which- a. Became the basis of Christianity b. Caused the dissolution of the Roman Empire c. Became the basis for much of the legal system of Europe d. Created the legal foundation of the Roman Empire 2. The Crusades were a series of nine military expeditions that began in 1095 and ended in 1291. The goal
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The Cheetah I’m going to talk to you about the Cheetah‚ Where it lives‚ how it hunts‚ how the grass helps the cheetah‚ mating‚ and what you can do to help the endangered species. The Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus) is the fastest land mammal on earth‚ capable of speeds of 60-70 miles per hour. Cheetahs live 12 years (17 in captivity) and mature at 20-23 months of age. They are highly territorial. A typical adult cheetah weighs between 80 and 140 pounds and eats about 6 pounds of meat per day. They rarely
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Imagine living in a turbulent world‚ where people lived their day to day lives praying that they would see the next sunrise. That was life for villagers that lived during the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans‚ as well as during the medieval period when Germanic tribes ruled Europe. To help them get through their very insecure days‚ people would tell oral stories of great heroes‚ like those of Achilles‚ Aeneas‚ and Roland. Achilles was a Greek war hero who fights in the Trojan War‚ a ten year
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History of Cleansing Soaps Early History The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in Ancient Babylon. In the reign of Nabonidus (556–539 BCE) a recipe for soap consisted of uhulu [ashes]‚ cypress [oil] and sesame [seed oil] "for washing the stones for the servant girls". A formula for soap consisting of water alkali‚ and cassia oil was written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC. The Ebers papyrus (Egypt‚ 1550 BC) indicates
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change. Knowledge was a major obstacle that the scientific revolutionaries had to face‚ which was essential to the change in the intellectual climate. Astronomy and mathematics has their own symbols which was basically their own language. Whereas Charlemagne had created a language called medieval latin‚ the language created by the scientific revolutionaries made a language of mathematics. This is where another change happens‚ where we start to see that the development of these single groups is largely
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In the year 476‚ the last Roman emperor was deposed. Over the previous two centuries‚ Barbarian invasions had brought the once-mighty Rome to its knees‚ and this is taken as the final fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe. What are the political‚ economical and social implications of this event‚ and to what extent does it constitute a true turning-point in history? In the period immediately after 476 it is possible to see the structure of medieval Europe emerging. Most obviously‚ the empire
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After the 4th century when Constantinople emerged as a great capital and church center‚ tensions sometimes arose between its leaders and the bishop of Rome. After the fall of Rome to Germanic invaders in 476‚ the Roman pope was the only guardian of Christian universalism in the West. He began more explicitly to attribute his dominance to Rome’s being the burial place of Saint Peter‚ whom Jesus had called the "rock" on which the church was to be built. The Eastern Christians respected that tradition
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DOCUMENT RESUME CS 201 686 ED 098 597 AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION Fleming‚ Margaret‚ Ed. Teaching the Epic. National Council of Teachers of English‚ Urbana‚ PUB DATE NOTE AVAILABLE FROM 74 120p. EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS MF-$0.75 HC-$5.40 PLUS POSTAGE American Literature; Bibliographies; Classical Literature; English Instruction; *Epics; German Literature; Greek Literature; High Schools; Legends; *Literary Analysis; Literature; *Literature Appreciation; Medieval Literature;
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1. Explain the emergence and reasons for longevity of the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire emerged because of its’ favorable geographic location. It was located on a defensible peninsula which had a natural harbor called the Golden Horn‚ which provided trading ships to enter easily. It also controlled the prosperous Mediterranean lands‚ which led to zones of trade‚ communication‚ and interaction – especially with Slavic‚ Arab‚ European‚ and Asian peoples and traditions. Its’ location provided
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money and its huge military on wars that were many times unnecessary. He was too overconfident and believed that he could regain France¡¯s ¡°natural frontiers¡± along the Rhine and the Alps. He wanted to remake the huge multinational empire that Charlemagne once
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