The Great schism of 1054 was an event that divided Christianity creating the Eastern Orthodoxy and the Western Catholicism. It began on Saturday, July, 16, 2054 when, Cardinal Humbert, legate of Pope Leo the IX marched into The Cathedral of Hagia Sophia and placed a letter on the main altar declaring the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius, to be excommunicated. A week later the patriarch criticised the Cardinal and Excommunicated the pope. The Schism of 1054 was the final break Between
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Introduction Ever since I was born on April 15, 1980, I have been raised in a Greek environment, and being Greek-American has played a significant role in my life. In addition, I happen to have a friend named Mehmet, who is from Turkey. But I never knew any information about Turkey until I found this country on a world map. That’s when I learned the following facts: Turkey is located in both Europe and Asia, and it shares a border with Greece. So when I started taking the course Geography
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WHAP Cultural Heavyweights Dar Al-Islam and The Byzantine Empire. The Muslim World and The Byzantine Empire were two of the most powerful and most-linked-together civilizations during the Middle Ages due mostly to their cultural achievements, religious values, and economic activities. The Byzantine Empire and Muslim World had very similar and different cultural achievements due to their very unique styles but also sharing each other’s ideas as well. The Muslim world’s
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Justinian came to power on August 1st 527 and ruled till 565. Justinian’s rule was the last time the entire empire was unified. Justinian’s wars brought great successes for the imperial image, but also came at a high cost. The entire treasury that Anastasius had saved up had been exhausted, and heavy taxation was needed to pay for the cost of this extensive spending. The conquest only showed victory and progression only upon viewing the map at the end of his reign, which mostly was lost within
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| | | Byzantine Empire 330 C.E. to 1453 C.E. --- Only in the eastern Mediterranean did a classical empire survive. The eastern half of the Roman empire, known as the Byzantine empire, withstood the various problems that brought down other classical societies and survived for almost a millennium after the collapse of the western Roman empire in the fifth century
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Constantinople, the eastern capital of the Roman Empire. We'll start at the exquisite 400-year-old Blue Mosque and then move to the Hippodrome — the ancient racing course that was the social heart of Constantinople. We'll also visit the 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia church/museum — for 1,000 years the grandest domed structure in the Western world. This afternoon we'll be wowed by some of the world's finest Byzantine mosaics at the Chora Church and cap off the day exploring Istanbul's legendary Grand Bazaar
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CHAPTER 9 – Test Bank Multiple-Choice Questions 1. The “Middle Ages” in Western Europe includes which of the following time periods? a. the beginning of the Early Christian period through the 13th or 14th centuries b. the end of the Roman Empire through the Byzantine period c. the beginning of Byzantine period through the end of the Roman Empire d. A.D. 300–A.D. 1600 Answer: a 2. The new religion that entered Europe in the 8th century was a. Buddhism. b. Hinduism. c.
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Theodora and Justinian “There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity" —Justinian I. What many emperors failed to do before him was to completely remake the Roman Empire. Justinian and Theodora were not the likely people to be granted such high status and power, to change the view of religion in Byzantium. The pair had many instances in their past that should have damage the duo as rulers, but through their determination
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Dome and drum from papal Rome * Columned portico from Roman temples like the Pantheon * Trajan’s Columns from Imperial Rome are repeated on both sides of the rotunda * Overall composition reminiscing the dome and minarets of Hagia Sophia * Ceiling embellished with frescoes depicting Charles Borromeo appealing to Virgin Mary as intercessor for relief from the plague St. Paul’s Cathedral (ext), London 1700 pg 372 Wren Gothic * Church * Triple shell dome includes
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Konstantinopels Fald: Angrebet IndholdsfortegnelseIndledning………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....…………………………………….3 Redegørelse.......................................................................................................................................................5 Hvem havde en stor rolle i faldet?.......................................................................................................5 Hvilke angrebsmetoder benyttede de?..................................
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