building from the Byzantine section is the Hagia Sophia‚ otherwise known as the church of "Holy Wisdom." Between 532 and 537 A.D.‚ the emperor at the time‚ Justinian‚ who was an aspiring builder‚ had this masterpiece built‚ in what was once called Constantinople and is now Istanbul‚ in the country of Turkey. The building is a beautiful conglomeration of early Greek and Roman time periods blended with some Asian elements‚ as well. Within this building are two floors that are central to the nave. The nave
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was passed from Egyptians to Seljuk. A Pope called for a crusade to help Christians in the east and to recover the holy lands. And then people went over there immediately. A Crusade called “People’s Crusade” had went a far way with killing‚ to Constantinople‚ but they were soon killed after that. Then another crusade went in killing a lot more people than “People’s Crusade” ever did. This crusade was led by Raymond of Toulouse‚ Godfrey of Bouillon‚ Robert of Flanders‚ and
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of Ottoman settlement towards the Byzantine Empire‚ while other Turkish tribes suffered from infighting. Under Osman I‚ the Ottoman capital moved from Söðüt in western Anatolia to Bursa in northwestern Turkey. The strategic conquest or fall of Constantinople by Muhammad II extended Ottoman rule over the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkans. It was the final defeat and collapse of the Byzantine Empire. The city became the new capital of the Ottoman Empire‚ being renamed
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Silesians‚ Kaszubians‚ Croats‚ and Slovenes were under the sphere of influence of the Pope and Catholic Rome‚ the Russian‚ Ukrainians‚ Rusyns‚ Belarusians‚ Bulgarians‚ Serbs‚ Macedonians‚ and Montenegrins gravitated to the Patriarch of then Orthodox Constantinople. Although these two are the main Christian religions present‚ Islam is also common in some Slavs. The Bosniaks‚ Gorani‚ Pomaks‚ and Torbesh peoples are all Muslims. Since the battle of Kosovo Polje in 1389‚ The Ottoman Turks had occupied the Balkans
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Mistakes of The First Crusade The first crusade: a religious endeavor that became a turning point of history. It all began when Pope Urban II traveled to Italy in November 1095. He decided to give an open sermon on the 27th of November at the Council of Clermont. This speech‚ in hopes of drawing a large crowd‚ only gained a few hundred listeners. However‚ these select few witnessed one of the most influential speeches from the highest religious authority in the world. The pope’s
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This is an extract from: Byzantine Garden Culture edited by Antony Littlewood‚ Henry Maguire‚ and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Washington‚ D.C. © 2002 Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University Washington‚ D.C. Printed in the United States of America www.doaks.org/etexts.html The Vienna Dioskorides and Anicia Juliana Leslie Brubaker Dioskorides of Anazarbos‚ a physician and pharmacologist‚ wrote the Materia medica
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within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” -Napoleon Hill Part I- Read Chapter 19 Part II- Answer the following questions. (20 points) 1. What three factors led to the growth of the Ottoman Empire? 2. Why was the capture of Constantinople‚ in 1453‚ significant for both the Ottoman Turks and Europeans? 3. Looking at the map on page 532‚ describe the extent of the Ottoman Empire. 4. Who were the Janissaries? 5. Describe the Devshirme System. 6. Read Islamic Law and Ottoman Rule
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The crusades occurred in 1095 during the postclassical era just after William the Conqueror had unified England. The fighting was between the Muslims and Christians. Many things contributed to causing the crusades. Religious motivation and political/economical gain were both major factors that caused them. Proof that religious motivation was a cause for the crusades is shown through many of these documents. First‚ document one contains such quotes as‚ "Christ commands it"‚ " concerns you and God"
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Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule. During the crusade‚ knights and peasants from many nations of Western Europe travelled over land and by sea‚ first to Constantinople and then on towards Jerusalem‚ as crusaders; the peasants greatly outnumbered the knights. Peasants and knights were split into separate armies; however‚ because the peasants were not as well-trained in combat as the knights‚ their army failed
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Europe. My kindness and fairness was unparalleled in the whole history of the Ottoman Empire. My military genius was unsurpassed throughout the whole of history. I succeeded where my great-grandfather Mehmed II‚ the same man who conquered Constantinople‚ had failed. I conquered Belgrade by taking out their only major ally: Hungary. Hungary was the last formidable force that stood between me and the rest of Europe. By the end of my life‚ I had doubled the size of the empire to about two billion
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