important question is‚ but was the Mongol Empire brilliant or brutal? The documents that we read support that the Mongol empire was brutal. I will use documents 1 and 4 to support my arguments. The first reason the Mongol Empire was brutal has to do with the document on code of conduct whosever commits adultery will be executed. This evidence helps explain how the Mongol empire was brutal because they killed allot of people. A second reason the Mongol empire
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The Carolingian Empire Throughout the course of history many different empires have been formed. Of these empires‚ the Carolingian Empire is one that really intrigued me to learn more about. The knowledge about the empire is easily retained. Though the information was easy to grasp‚ it did cause me some problems. While reading about this historical empire I overlooked some very important actions upheld within the empire. Initially‚ I thought that the information presented in the book was
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the tribes‚ all of them started to have the same points of view‚ therefore creating a strong empire. Unified as an empire‚ they started to conquer other cities and towns‚ to show their strength‚ religion and discipline- show themselves to the outer world. And they became successful- Genghis Khan using his military strength and tactics conquered huge parts of Asia and Europe. Their next move as an Empire was to learn other countries’ ideas and knowledge
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edu/nreagin/F2004WS267/AniVoskanyan/history.html" http://webpage.pace.edu/nreagin/F2004WS267/AniVoskanyan/history.html 5 points to write about - Her role as a ruler and what she achieved - Ability to keep her legend alive - Influence on the Roman Empire - Role in the Octavian’s struggle for power - Her significance as a symbol Cleopatra was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt and succeeded in shaping the Ancient world. She ruled Egypt in the 1st Century BC and was the last Queen to do so. She is undoubtedly
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was built up by large empires characterized by constant patterns of change‚ trade‚ and considerable changes in technologies. In 1492 CE these civilizations got global‚ meaning that the interactions among these different societies stopped being regional. Two empires who were very important during the Postclassical Period were the Byzantine Empire and China. Geographically these civilizations were far apart‚ but as they developed‚ they became two of the most influential empires of the time. Also‚ as
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The general setting in the New Testament is the Roman Empire. This is the world that the writings of the New Testament are born in and interact with. The Roman Empire provides a political‚ economic‚ societal‚ and religious framework for the New Testament’s claims‚ language‚ structure‚ and scenes. The Roman Empire was being run by Augustus Caesar around the time of Jesus’ birth‚ around 5 or 6 B.C. Luke 2:1 tells us‚ “And it came to pass in those days‚ that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus
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Medieval Africa The empires of Ghana‚ Mali‚ and Songhai all thrived in western Africa. They were in a fertile area of Africa‚ south of the Sahara Desert‚ near the Niger River. Ghana existed from around 300 A.D. until around 1100 A.D by 800 A.D.‚ controlled much of the trading in West Africa gold and salt were the two most important goods traded by Ghana attacks by the Almoravids in 1076 led to the decline of the Ghana Empire Mali gained control of the West Africa trade routes after the fall of Ghana
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One of the reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire were political problems. There were several emperors that were unfit to rule‚ they were cruel to the people and greedy. The emperors usually inherited the throne‚ but did not have any knowledge on how to rule and their mentally unstable personality did not help. People asked the Praetorian Guard to assassinate the emperor in exchange for money or a position. When the emperor was assassinated there was no system to replace the him. Civil
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Nearly two thousand years ago‚ the Roman Empire conquered all territories west of the Persian Empire in modern day Iran and Iraq. The empire extended southwards into North Africa‚ and as far north as the British Isles. For close on to four centuries‚ the Romans controlled and conquered most of Western Eurasia and the Mediterranean. However‚ their rule came to an end because of the centrifugal forces of political and economic issues‚ foreign invaders and belligerent tribes‚ and socio-religious transformations
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of landscape" by which he meant historical and allegorical landscape paintings (Eisenman 154). The Course of Empire is one of Cole ’s most famous series of allegorical works. Based on the same landscape located somewhere at the end of a river valley in the Untied States (Course)‚ Cole adds his imagination and thoughts to a city evolving "from a near state of nature to consummation of empire‚ and then decline and desolation" (Course). Cole can be said to be a representative of Romantic artist because
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