Post-classical India and Medieval Europe were similar politically and different economically. Politically‚ neither society had a centralized government any more‚ they were in political turmoil and were run by individual‚ regional states. Economically‚ India was mostly trade and export based which is how it’s economy flourished while Europe was well off due to southernization‚ they didn’t join the major trade network until the late middle ages. After the Gupta dynasty in India‚ King Harsha continued
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The Black Death wreaked havoc across most of medieval Europe for nearly a decade. While in the modern age‚ we know that the disease originated from fleas carried on the backs of rats‚ the cause of the pandemic remained completely unknown to the people of Europe from a period between 1346 and 1353 AD. As the Europeans were overwhelmingly Catholic at the time‚ a historian can make the argument that Europeans believed that the Black Death
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portrayed in the Christian crusades. The crusades of the late antiquity exemplified this duality of religion and the horror religion can bring. Thousands upon thousands fought and died‚ not for king or country‚ but under God. The kingdoms of Christendom united under the common goal of retaking the holy land and driving the Muslims from Jerusalem. The crusades were by no means a small affair; it was the first time since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire that Europe became organized against a
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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns that were fueled by religious views and the need for power by rivaling kingdoms. They were necessary for the political and cultural survival of Western Europe due to the positive consequences it had on education. The spread of knowledge from kingdom to kingdom due to societies working together for a common cause‚ and being introduced to it while in the invaded kingdoms‚ lead to the advancement of technology and medicine. New trade routes and crusaders
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The impact of the crusades on the west affected many things such as politically‚ socially‚ and the economic life of Europe. Feudalism was ended in Europe because of the help of the Crusade‚ and helped to create create the Renaissance. Many feudal lords went to go fight in the crusades‚ and ended up dying‚ leaving their serfs free. With fewer lords‚ kings gained more power and started to grow stronger. The monarchs gained strength once the knights left to go fight in the Middle East. With more power
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Crusades were military units that began “in the late 11th century‚” and was initiated “by Western Christians” to regain “the Holy Land” and stop the expanse of both Muslims and Islam. Of course‚ the warriors or the knights were guaranteed for a cancellation of their wrongdoings‚ which are accepted as sins in Christianity‚ and an immediate acceptance “to Heaven” as soon as they were killed in the military action. According to Douglas E. Streusand‚ Jihad means “holy war” as a usual usage of the word
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The Crusades The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens which were Moslems. The Crusades started in 1095 when Pope Claremont preached the First Crusade at the Council of Claremont. The name Crusade given to the Holy Wars came from old French word ’crois’ meaning ’cross’. The Crusades were military expeditions by the Christian nations of Europe for the purpose of rescuing the holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans
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catastrophes. Some of them were man-made‚ such as the Hundred Years’ War. However‚ there were two natural disasters either of which would have been enough to throw medieval Europe into real "Dark Ages". The Black Death that followed on the heels of the Great Famine caused millions of deaths‚ and together they subjected the population of medieval Europe to tremendous struggles‚ leading many people to challenge old institutions and doubt traditional values. These calamities altered the path of European development
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"The Crusades: series of wars by Western European Christians to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims." (Encarta "Crusades") The Crusades first began in 1096 and ended in the late 13th century. The term Crusade originally meant that the European’s would use all their efforts to regain the power from the Muslims. They wanted to retake the city of Jerusalem‚ which was holy to Christians because that’s where the crucifixion of Jesus Christ occurred. Europeans later used it to allocate any military
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CHIJIOKE MADUEWESI ID:9315 CHRISTIANITY In medieval Europe‚ major impacts from the fall of the roman empire still exists today. One of these religion is Christianity‚ which has made a staunch effect on medieval Europe. Christianity has been a major practice in Europe since the first century. It accounted for more than 76.2% of the Europeans. Christianity introduced catholic churches in medieval Europe. These churches laid down meaningful influences‚ which has and is still
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