Religion The Arab empire and the holy Roman Roman empire are two of the most important empires in history. Religion has a big influence on these two empires. The Arab empire main religion is Islam. People who follow Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe in only one god called Allah. The word Islam means “peace”. Prophet Muhammad is considered a prophet and a man like all other men. Allah sent him as his final revelation. Islam has five pillars: Belief‚ prayer‚ charity‚ fasting‚ and pilgrimage
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will it lead to our ultimate destruction? History seems to be repeating itself as our successes are leading to a decline. If we continue to stay uneducated and divided through major issues‚ it is inevitable that we will fall like the Roman empire. The Roman empire and the United States are similar for many different reasons from overall size to military powers. Both nations are considered inefficient due to inconsistency in their governments. Just as Rome had many changes in their Caesars‚ we have
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The development of the columbian exchange and the spanish empire created major population changes‚ brought new crops‚ and created wealth and power. Diseases wiped out some populations in the new world‚ while new crops increased other populations in the old world. New crops also became staple foods of some european countries. Wealth and power was exchanged from the new world to create the spanish empire. All of these things combined resulted in extensive changes in the old world and the new world
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Throughout history‚ the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire have both been through periods of great success‚ but they seem like two totally different civilizations. While this may be true in some cases‚ the two periods of peace were also very much alike in many ways. During Pax Romana (Roman Peace) and Pax Sinica (Chinese Peace)‚ the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire strived with a centralized government (both civilizations ruled by an emperor) and a similar economy (the way they traded)‚ but differed
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The Western African region has had many different empires come and go‚ but there are three that stand out the most. The Ghana‚ Mali‚ and Songhai empires are very famous in the Western African region because of the cultural significance they had. These three empires had immense control over the gold mines and trade and so therefore the territories had a surplus in gold. They had so much gold that they would trade it for something as little and common as the spice salt. The kingdoms started out as
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------------------------------------------------- Prompt: Compare and contrast the political and economic effects of Mongol rule on China and Russia. Mongol rule affected China and Russia similarly because it caused power struggles but was different in the way that China dealt with inflation and the Mongols were brought down by peasant rebellion while Russia declared itself independent and prospered economically through its annexed cities. Mongols created discontent within their rule from the start when
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Although The City-States of Greece and Persia are similar by their education‚ they are different because of their political systems and military systems. They were similar and different in so many ways. The City-States of Greece and The Persian Empire had great educational systems. Both were prodigies in warfare and solving problems in their own countries. They had unbelievable ideas of warfare like the Persians lining up ships and putting planks of wood over them and marching 70‚000 men across
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The Mongol Empire lasted a total of 162 years from 1206 C.E. to 1368 C.E. From humble beginnings as a clan‚ it conquered much within southeast Asia to Europe. It erupted out of the North Asian Steppes‚ conquering China‚ central Asia‚ Persia‚ and Russia. It contained all from the Pacific Ocean to the Danube River. The Mongols are commonly known today for their skill in archery on horseback‚ which enabled domination of many societies and lands. The Mongols originally roamed the steppes south of Lake
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The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire vary in their political development and achievements. The Roman’s developed two different codes of law‚ one that applied to citizens and another that applied to non-citizens. Rome’s trade routes were built using stone‚ which made it very easy for merchants to travel from one city to another over a vast amount of land. China‚ however‚ used a single code of law for all their citizens and conquered peoples‚ and used a long and treacherous trail in their trade; that
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to excell in this area. The relationship among the three empires‚ Ghana‚ Mali and Songhai was one of the most important in African history. Aksum was also a huge trading center in the northeastern part of ancient Africa. Many of the successful empires‚ kingdoms‚ and cities of Africa had a foundation based on trade. Trade is the exchange of goods‚ an area where the trio of western Africa stood out. Their three main empires were Ghana‚ Mali‚ and Songhai. Their trade was really unique as the traders
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