Throughout history‚ trade has been the most important contribution to an empire by helping it grow in economy and land. No empire could thrive or grow without have any sort of trade going on within it or with other empires. Every empire had something different to trade with other as in spices‚ metals‚ or even ideas/knowledge of the religion they believed in. Trade was the base of every empire due to the importance of having the constant flow of raw materials or any other things coming in‚ with the
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Christianity in the Roman Empire The spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire was made possible by many things including the birth of Jesus‚ apostles‚ poverty‚ travel‚ roads‚ language‚ and the Roman army (PBS‚ 2006). The major people who took part in the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire were Jesus‚ the apostle Paul‚ the Roman army‚ and Constantine (Thorpe‚ ND). After the death of Jesus‚ his word continued on through teachings to the Jewish communities around the empire. This was made
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The Ottoman empire is one of very few empire to be successful with Islamic belief. The sole purpose of this paper is to explain how did the Ottomans rose to be powerful and how their relations with the western world lead to the westernization of the Ottoman empire‚ which lead indirectly to the collapse of that significant empire. The paper attempts to answer the question: Critically discuss the rise of the Ottomans‚ their institutions and their relations with Europe. This paper argues that if the
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the Germanic tribes seemed to sound the death knell for the Western Roman Empire. Historians have examined both the internal conditions that weakened the expansive empire and the external force of the barbarian invasions and have presented a variety of explanations for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Task: Using the information from the documents and your
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Josseline Acevedo 9-17-13 1st period Gupta Empire Around 320 to 550 B.C.E.‚ an ancient Indian empire called the Gupta Empire was formed and maintained by powerful leaders and its court‚ a strong military‚ religion‚ and technology. The Gupta Empire was founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta and created the Gupta dynasty. The Gupta Empire grew out of the kingdom of Magadha on the Ganges Plain and had its capital at Pataliputra (Bulliet 177). This period was called the Golden Age of India and was marked
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Yinpeng Chen History 21 Prof. Toshio Whelchel Weekly reading summary 09/04/13 Paul L.Atwood War and Empire ; Pluto Press (2010) The United States emerged from World War II ‚ its continental territory unscathed‚ and richer and more powerful by far . Also ‚ the United States should be pound of the fewest casualties they have . In no doubt ‚ the United States is the empire of the world . Less than a generation after the Cold War ended‚ the United States is threatening to attack Iran
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the Kanaka region of the River Milo‚ in what is now eastern Guinea. By 1880 he ruled a vast Dyula empire‚ from the Upper Volta in the east to the Fouta Djallon in the west‚ over which he attempted to create a single Islamic administrative system. His imperial ambitions clashed with those of the French and there were sporadic battles between 1882 and 1886 . His attempts to impose Islam on all his people resulted in a revolt in 1888 . A French invasion in 1891 – 92 forced him to move... (The entire
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Attila and his Hunnic Empire Who was Attila Attila was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire‚ which stretched from Germany to the Ural River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his rule‚ he was one of the most fearsome enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire. He invaded the Balkans twice and marched through Gaul (modern France) as far as Orléans before being defeated at the Battle of Châlons. He refrained from
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many bars all over Europe; meeting many different people‚ each new character with their own unique personality contrasting and accentuating Jake and his closest friends. At the beginning of the book‚ Jake and his friends are living in France in the 1920’s‚ most of them not originally from France and several of the World War I Veterans. Jake’s assorted escapades detail and depict the 1920’s nightlife for him and his friends‚ and the many people they meet along the way‚ which is little more than
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Decline of Roman Empire and Rise of Christianity The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires ever. The empire was very strong for the most part. The Roman empire fell because of internal problems in the the society and government. It didn’t fall drastically: it slowly lost power. The Roman Empire was huge‚ so the government had a lot of responsibility. The government even divided Rome into separate parts to be governed by more than one person. At one time the Roman Empire was divided into
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