1. How did the histories of the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe differ during the era of third-wave civilizations? What accounts for the different historical trajectories of these two expressions of Christendom? How did Byzantium and Western Europe interact with each other and with the larger world of the third-wave era?
The history of the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe were different during the third wave civilizations. The way they were different is that by the Byzantine Empire had a different form of political government were at the western Europe government all collapsed in the fifth century. The Byzantine empire also had a greater control over their churches and their long-distance trade networks. There were many trajectories
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For example, the way the roads were made. How the military strictures, a republic or centralized administration. They even had similar struggles with Persian Empires as well those dam Persians. Although with having so much similar things in common they did diverge from the patterns of the Classical Roman Empire. One thing the Byzantium empire did is create a reformed administrative system. They also developed new ideas the topic in caesaopapism which lead having a better relationship between the church and the states. Leading to Caesaopapism joining the church and the state. This was different because the Catholic church had a separation of the church and the state. Although this is not the only thing differed from the Roman Catholicism. The Eastern Orthodox differed from the roman empire in the terms of Language the roman Catholicism used Latin were the Orthodox church used a different language being Greek. The Byzantium Empire shaped the or transformed the new civilization of the Kieran Rus by the Kievan Rus borrowing so much of what the Byzantium Empire did such has their architectural Styles, Alphabet, and some of the ideals of the …show more content…
The land became ruled by reginal kingdoms who were Germanic war loads who replaced the government. Serfdom replaced the roman slavery. Everything seemed to be diminishing away except the Roman Catholic Church which increased its influence over society. there was also the European civilization that has changed over 1000. The new lands were open to cultivation. Long- distance trade was revived and even expanded. The population at the beginning grew at a rapid pace. This leading to the towns to grow to attract new professionals. This open the productive division of labor. Territorial states grew, establishing more effective institutions of government that commanded the obedience of their subjects. Let’s not forget about the roman catholic church which expanded into eastern Europe and the Islamic Spain. Leading to how did borrowing from the abroad shaped European Civilization after 1000. It was said that it was played a crucial role in establishing a significant tradition in the technological innovations. With this idea in mind it allowed Europe to catch up Asia by the 1500. Borrowing from Asia allowed them the equipment needed to plow the heavy soils of northern Europe. Gun powder from china and the cannons used in western Europe gave them the military edge over
The 4th crusades were a wasteful and destructive event that resulted only in further dividing the Christian World. Constantinople in 1204 was a savagely taken with many lives lost. Crusading lost much of its appeal for most Europeans, Jerusalem remained under Muslims' control. Document 1 states that.
In document C there is a list of some of the main technological advancements. The different technological advancements could have been one of the driving forces behind the European
As her father was in power the empire was on its decline and was being threatened from all sides. The Turks were attacking in the East, the Normans from the West, and the Sithian raiders from up North. Anna speaks of all the harsh battles her dad worked diligently through in an attempt to gain the empire back, in the process forming a very rocky alliance with the crusaders. In terms of their religious status the Byzantine people identified themselves as Christians as much as they identified themselves as Romans, the faith these people had was deep and intense. In this time period church and state were linked to an extreme degree, and being heavily involved in the church was the most essential part of their lives.
Religion and its various ideologies played a key role in advancing the authority of the Ottoman and Catholic Europe; it also influenced the way they confronted outside powers and people from other religions. The Ottomans where an Islamic ruled empire which brought about a certain ideology that gave them the God given rights to the earth. Catholic Europe also had this ideology from where God gave Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven and endowed upon them earth as well (Matt 16: 19). The catholic church in Europe seemed to have their hands in the cookie jar of European Medieval Government and some what controlled the kings and nobles.
People say that the Byzantine Empire is not a continuation of the Roman Empire. The Western Roman Empire had collapse in 476 AD, so all that had existed of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire. Which an emperor had change into the Byzantine Empire. Even though the Eastern Roman Empire had a different name, it is still part of the Roman Empire in many different ways. Some of them are where was it located at, how the Byzantine Empire had presented the Roman Empire, and why the Byzantine empire had existed for so long.
As China grew with population and technologies, so did their government. Their military was weak but they had the idea to make iron and steel weaponry. The increase of weapons allowed the Chinese military to have more power over the people. Yet, the downfall of their era was their tactics in controlling their army and the rebellious citizens. As China’s economy and population grows, so does the growth of politics and Urban life styles.
Urban II was the pope from 1088 to 1099 when he died. His role in society was important because he set the foundation for the Roman Catholic Church. He influenced many other clerics and noblemen to stick up for Christian faith, so the Catholics could get what they truly deserved out of this world. Urban II’s greatest accomplishment was the crusades. Europe’s economy deeply excelled during these years, which turned this country into an economic role model.
The Europeans had the advancement of guns, horses, and navigation. The mastery of gunpowder technology was crucial for the European conquests. Gunpowder weapons allowed small numbers of Europeans to conqueror and win wars in far away lands. With guns, European conquerors were able to kill their enemies and be within
Was European expansion between 1450 and 1700 aided more by guns or by germs? As the 16th century was fast approaching the general opinion in Europe was one of a new age, an age of exploration and expansion. This opinion was motivated by an appeal to new trade, the opportunity of new wealth and the option to spread Christianity which was so prominent in Europe, to other parts of the world. In order to assess how this was achieved two factors need to be considered: guns and germs.
Byzantine would be one of the important topics we studied these days. Byzantine Empire did a lot of things which had shaped the modern day and had effected Western culture. I strongly think Byzantine must be studied in schools. These reasons would explain why byzantine empire is so important Byzantine was an empire made after the Rome was disappeared. There were various of smart leaders in Byzantine such as Justinian.
Compare to Islam people known to be communal society Byzantine's people became isolated in units. Bringing no individual to be creative to the community, had any ambition towards anything or just didn’t have drive for leadership. Although this method could be able to help Byzantines leaders to prevent any riots between the people. The decision to command all of its people who were considered the subjects of Byzantines emperors were place in command like in they did in Rome, the chosen leader commanded the military force. Emperors did got the chance to select its successors and crowning during there ruling.
Both empires’ economies were very different. The Byzantine became one of the wealthiest empires ever, while the Western economy was an agricultural based with little trading with
The European expansion into the Western Hemisphere in the 15th and 16th centuries was a great advance for human civilization. Three reasons was an advancement of the human race is that it laid the groundwork for changed politics, new economy and created views on other cultures. This is important because the expansion of the Europeans into the Western hemisphere was one of a kind at the time. The expansion brought new people, culture and ideas and that and this laid the groundwork for a new government.
The Persian empire was the largest empire that the ancient world had seen and it made many political advancements. Their ruling class was peaceful and was ruled by Monarchs. They constructed a model government in which they created a tax-collection system, a postal system, and roads that are still used today. Similar to the Persians, the Romans had the same accomplishments and also allowed locals to keep their religion and to gain citizenship.
Under the Roman Realm (27 BC-395 Advertisement), domains extending from the present-day Center East to Scotland were brought under concentrated run the show. Starting in the fourth century, social and political power moved toward the east of the domain, with Constantinople turning into the capital in 330 and a great part of the western region falling under the control of northern European champions from there on. Around this time, Christianity started to supplant agnostic religion—at first mistreated by the state however in the fourth century turning into the official religion under Constantine, which prompted the development of another assortment of iconography that would thrive in Byzantine Craftsmanship. Craftsmanship created in the Byzantine realm (or Eastern Roman Domain)— at its tallness, a region that traversed vast swaths of the Mediterranean, introduce day Turkey, Southern Spain, and Italy—between the fourth and fifteenth hundreds of years, when it tumbled to the Footstool Turks. As the realm's authentic religion was Customary Christianity, Byzantine craftsmanship was generally reverential, Christian