01.05 West Meets East Meets West: The Byzantines 1. How would you name the school? What would be its mascot? Explain your choices. * B.E High School. I chose B.E High School because it has relevance to the topic and it tells a lot in itself. The mascot could be something to do with a man that has maybe some kind of armor on. Or something that has to do with Byzantines. Something that has somewhat of relevance to the school’s name. 2. Why do you think symbols like a name or mascot are
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the other theories is that the Roman Empire did not collapse as the Eastern Empire did not collapse until “Fall of Rome at Constantinople in 1453.” The base of this theory is that the Eastern Empire became the Byzantium Empire‚ however it was no longer the Roman Empire as there were no longer any Roman Emperors. Another theory by Peter Wells is “The Roman Empire “fell” only in the minds of people who had a particular and limited view of what the Roman Empire was and who understood events such as
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Roman Empire declined and fell because of politics. However‚ the empire was strong at a point until the third century crisis happened. The last emperor before the crisis began was Marcus Aurelius‚ and the empire went from peaceful and Pax Romana to catastrophe and they called it “the anarchy.” There were both internal and external conflicts throughout the empire. The external problems were the violations of the borders by the Germanic tribes and‚ “full-scale war with Sassanian Persian Empire on eastern
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From the Warring States Period and throughout the Edo Period‚ Japan has remained an isolationist country that wouldn’t tolerate any and all outside influence on their society if they deemed it as “morally corruptible”. To that extent‚ Japan went to great lengths to preserve their culture and expel Chinese influence on their faiths for almost two centuries; as well as being able to thrive even while being aware of the West. But it wouldn’t be long until the arrival of shipwrecked Portuguese sailors
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01.07 Collapse of an Empire: Assessment I see a heavily fortified city. Surrounding the city are tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers that I belong to. We are armed with crossbows‚ shields‚ and swords. Some of us are using multiple ladders to scale the walls of Constantinople. Additional soldiers remain on boats to support us performing the attack. There are 9 things that I am going to describe first hand account during our attack on Constantinople. 1. I am the soldier on the second
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The empire of Mali began as a small Malinke kingdom in Western Africa. The empire flourished from 1240 to 1500 AD but the empire did not become very important until after 1235 AD. The investigation of cultures and exploring each of these African empires are crucial for understanding the past. The Malian empire was located in Sub-Saharan Western Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to present-day Niger. The caliphate traded salt‚ gold‚ limestone‚ granite and other items‚ all of which are very common to
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Persian Empire may refer to: * Achaemenid Empire (558–330 BC)‚ also called "First Persian Empire" * Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD)‚ adopted both Hellenistic and Iranian customs * Sassanid Empire (224–651 AD)‚ also called "Neo-Persian Empire" and "Second Persian Empire" * Persia (1501-1979) under Safavid dynasty‚ Afsharid dynasty‚ Zand dynasty‚ Qajar dynasty and Pahlavi dynasty The Achaemenid Persian Empire (c. 550–330 BCE)‚ sometimes known as First Persian Empire‚ was an Iranian empire
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The Western Empire seemed to derive most of its knowledge and theories from those of the Eastern Empire after the fall of Rome. Astronomy and medicine are two of the specific examples discussed concerning the backgrounds and beginnings of western sciences. The Greek and Islamic background to Western astronomy deals with realists and instrumentalists‚ the realists representing physical reality and the instrumentalists predicting concepts with the idea that physicist ’s models are mere convenient
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Is it worth losing a republic in order to gain an empire? For: The age of Augustus could be shown as classic example of the benefits of having a empire instead of a republic. He himself ascended to the throne after the assassination of his adopted father and‚ brought peace throughout the total empire which lasted for over two centuries. This was possible as he successfully defeated all the threatening forces to the empire. “Indeed he attracted everybody’s goodwill by the enjoyable gift of peace
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After the Roman Empire fell in about 500 CE‚ Western Europe saw a decline in centralized authority‚ trade‚ culture‚ education‚ etc. that flourished under the Romans. (Watts‚ 2017 ). This era became known as the “Dark Ages” or Early Middle Ages from about 500 CE to 1050 CE. During this time‚ waves of migrating barbarian tribes began to take over Western Europe. They replaced former Roman rule‚ creating their own empires and kingdoms. Among these barbarians were people the Franks. The Frankish‚
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