The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Western Christian Europe‚ particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years‚ between 1095 and 1291. There are several reasons for the Crusades‚ but the importance and relevance of some are debated by scholars even to this day. (NEW PARAGRAPH) In the Middle Ages‚ Christians considered
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provinces (lost again in 623‚ after Justinian’s death.) Meanwhile the Crimean Goths and all the Bosporus‚ even the Southern Arabs‚ were forced to acknowledge the rule of Rome. A second war against the Persians (540-45) pushed the Roman frontier beyond Edessa. From 549 to 556 a long in Armenia and Colchis (the Lazic War) again established the empire without a rival on the shores of the Black Sea. So Justinian ruled once more over a colossal world empire‚ whose extent rivaled that of the great days before
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How and why did the Second and Third Crusades fail to match the enthusiasm and success of the First? When Pope Urban II received a petition from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius for military aid to repel the threat of Islam‚ particularly the Muslim Turks‚ he saw an opportunity to repair the Great Schism of forty years and unite the church under papal primacy.1 Europe at this time was not only fervently Christian‚ but its knights‚ although they regarded bloodshed as inherently sinful‚ consistently
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“Christian Crusades” Submitted by: Chaya R. Blackmon February 5‚ 2007 Humanities 202-04 Instructor: Prof. Scales The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians. The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather
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the first crusaders to find glory in warfare‚ but also to build a new empire. They arrived at the Byzantine empire and pledged an alliance with the King and to return any lands they would reclaim beyond the empire. These crusaders conquered Nicea‚ Edessa‚ Antioch‚ Jerusalem‚ and the Levant. They slaughtered all the people that was in Jerusalem that it took them ten days to finish. This worried many leaders such as the king of Caliph‚ Toghtekin‚ and Mawdoud. The Caliphs were helpless because the real
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in the war. Robert told his father that he was more afraid of his mother‚ rather than the thought of Robert dying. This issue is finally resolved when Lincoln finally lets his son fight in the war‚ although it was strongly opposed by Mary. 7. Thaddeus Stevens went against his own beliefs in the House of Representatives because although he believed in racial equality‚ Stevens knew this idea was much
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Education Is the Problem‚ Not the Solution Written by: Thaddeus McCarthy Reviewed by: Nur Kamilah Che Ibrahim (1519454) UNGS 2040 Section 6 Thaddeus McCarthy in his article “Education Is the Problem‚ Not the Solution” published on www.huffingtonpost.com on 09/10/2014 challenged the notion of traditional education as the solution for poverty. Contrary to the common idea instilled for generations that the solution to end poverty is the education‚ he rather claimed that it’s actually the root of the
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Overview and Analysis of the Crusades The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians. The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding Turks in the middle
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"Yes‚ just a quarter of a mile away. Luckily‚ the warrior Estocada promised us that he would delay the dragon." "Very good‚" answered Alex‚ stepping to the door. "Wait!" called the bird. "Don’t you think you should wait a bit longer before leaving?" Alex turned around‚ already having known the answer to this question. "No‚ no I don’t." Slowly walking back down the road‚ I heeled‚ staying as close as possible. I hadn’t met a dragon that wasn’t friendly up to this point‚ and the thought of a giant
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Lincoln is a movie based off of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin‚ which portrays the latter end of Abraham Lincoln’s illustrious career. The film is based around Congressional debate and Lincoln’s attempts to pass the 13th Amendment‚ abolishing slavery in the United States. The movie is centered in Washington D.C. and the areas surrounding it between the Emancipation Proclamation in January‚ 1863‚ and the death of Lincoln in April‚ 1865. The film raises
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