In 1444‚ a general by the name of Zangi captured Edessa which was one of the sites that the Christians had it was important to them the Christians asked for another crusade from King Louis the Fourth and King Conrad of Germany said yes then and which the second Crusades began. King Conrad tried to attack
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I have recently been given the opportunity to read an excerpt from a book written by Thaddeus Russell. The chapter I was given to look at was called “The Freedom of Slavery”. The irony I find in the title alone was only continued in the pages I read‚ so prevalent that I nearly read the words over again‚ just to be sure I had read them correctly. I was a slave‚ and I was a free man. I spent years of my life‚ not just under the control of another person‚ but owned by them. I was someone’s property
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Nearly all faiths have a liturgical and doctrinal language. For the Roman church it is Latin‚ for Sunni Islam it is Arabic and for Syriac Orthodox church‚ it is Syriac. Any crossing over of linguistic shreds from the liturgy of doctrine of one to the liturgy or doctrine of the other is important in many ways. If the same word appears in one faith as the other‚ or shares a common root or etymology‚ it may be assumed that it is not only the word and sound that are the same‚ but the very essence of
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The American Civil War provided many chances for improvements in technology‚ but some of the new technology that was developed was in military technology. Many of the new developments involved taking previous technology and developing it for the military. An example would be lights used in lighthouses. The lights were originally used to warn ships of the land and with technology developments they were used to spot soldiers from the fortresses. Although‚ the Union and Confederate Armies took previous
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the Italian spectators could relate to the Jewish plight‚ whilst the Austrian show-goers could undeniably understand the similarities between their Austrian Empire to that of the oppressing Babylonians. Fast forward 170 plus years‚ and Director Thaddeus Strassberger aims to relive those tension filled 19th-Century-Eastern-European-days by bringing such unease to the Opera Philadelphia at the Academy of Music. This venue is a perfect fit for any historically significant opera as it boasts an enormous
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Moderate Republicanism Radical Republican ideology was focused on the question of reconstruction. They believed that reconstruction was more important than the economy or any other concerns of the time. The two most prominent Radical Republican leaders‚ Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner‚ did not even agree on economic plans. (Foner 106) Instead‚ they wanted to use the expansion of power gained during the war‚ as a means to promote free labor‚ equality under the law‚ and black suffrage. Many wanted to see
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Southerner and the Southerners had seen him as a traitor. Andrew Johnson had a hard time of putting his thoughts into words that the people could relate to; instead his words came out very harsh and aggressive. Andrew Johnson’s verbal attacks on Thaddeus Stevens‚ Wendell Phillips‚ and Charles Sumner had made Johnson seem very unprofessional and a bad political leader by belittling the people he had to work with daily. Johnson’s actions as president had directly led to his impeachment and his unpleasant
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the Muslims” (Perry‚ Chase and Jacob). These Crusades were fought by the Christians. The first Crusade was started by Pope Urban II in 1095 and in 1099 it resulted in a successful capture of Jerusalem. The second Crusade was to recapture the city of Edessa from the Muslims‚ and were humiliated and failed. The third Crusade was to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims‚ which also failed due to illness. The fourth Crusade was to again‚ try to take back Jerusalem‚ but instead‚ they took over the Christian
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American man /woman”. The post-thought process that takes place after reading or seeing the play is what triggers the desire to re-evaluate oneself in who they are and how they are portrayed in society. In the article Dutchman Reconsidered by Thaddeus Martin‚ it is said that Lula’s whimsical and formless personality is Baraka’s way of saying that the freedom of whites is boundless‚ and Clays “Puritanical and Victorian” ways shows how blacks are condemned to suffer the furies of that freedom.(Martin
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* Spiritual Revival * Starting in the 900s‚ monasteries help bring about a spiritual revival * Reformers help restore and expand Church power * Some Church officials marry even though the Church objects * Some officials practice simony—selling religious offices * Kings use lay investiture to appoint bishops * Reformers believe only the Church should appoint bishops Reform and Church Organization * Starting in the 1100s‚ popes reorganize the Church like a kingdom
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