Alexios I Komnenos

ten years ago, when I was a child in elementary school alongside my friend Julio, who’s only a year older than me. I met Julio in second grade thanks to a baby-sitting service that his mother provided. The age was different, but we shared similar games, toys, conversations, and thoughts. We were nearly identical, even our parents were alike as they both persistently maintained a close eye on us. He quickly became the big brother I never had; having an opinion on anything I contemplated. One…

I remember it was my previous winter break when I was back in hometown - Hong Kong. I was on my way home from the airport and this massive breathtaking advertisement was hanging right at the exit of the tunnel, which it magnetized my eyes till it gradually faded out from my sight. The white panther creature is very rare to see. And this is how I discovered this powerful, wild, precise Panther clip brooch. I can say with pleasure that it has become one of my favorite pieces. The Panther clip…

event. Apopi the king of Avaris compliant that he couldn't sleep due to the Hippos in Thebes making very loud noises. Evidence of this event is recorded on a papyrus which records Apopi's challenge to the Theban King. The king of Thebes Sequenenre Tao I was insulted by this since Avaris was 600 km away, and he decided to attack the Hyksos ruler. This event began the war which ended the Hyksos's 100 yearlong rule.…

table. This social norm was violated at a local fast food restaurant near my residence. I visited a restaurant few days back with one my friend and we wilfully sat on a table on which a person was already sitting and he went to the counter to order the food. Although I had seen the car keys and wallet on the table but I thought I would try something out of the ordinary for this assignment and also this particular day I woke up feeling rather too excited with myself and everyone around me.…

Strength training I haven't exactly had sand kicked in my face, but I have experienced the independent woman's equivalent: having to ask my boyfriend to replace the five-gallon water jugs on my water dispenser. Water weight For years, we had a perfect system. I wanted a drink; he did the heavy lifting. But when things got shaky between us, I was forced to take responsibility for my bottled water habit. First, I tried three-gallon jugs, but they were still too heavy for me to carry up to my…

features make the building interesting. Flesh out your intro. To start off, the Arch of Constantine was built in honor of Constantine I. Three years after Constantine I defeated Emperor Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD, the senate built the Arch of Constantine for Constantine I. Although it was built by the senate, it was most likely that Constantine I actually paid for the building. The building went up in 315 AD. The Arch was built between the Roman Colosseum and the Roman…

Eusebius’ excerpt The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine and Mou Tzu’s excerpt The Disposition of Error clearly depict the issues Rome and China faced as these new religions entered their society. During Eusebius’ time Christianity was a fairly new religion and was seen as a threat to Pagan Rome, thus it received a lot of backlash. Mou Tzu lived in 6th century China which was after the Han Dynasty fell. This was a time where people were open to new ideas. Thus Mahayana Buddhism flourished…

Then final large persecution of Christians began under the rule of Diocletian. This became known as the ‘Great’ Persecution and it took place between the years 303 and 313. Although this was the last of the persecutions the Christians in the Roman Empire, it is also considered to be the most severe. It started with the issuance of the First Edict in early 303. The biggest effect of this edict was that all Christian churches were to be destroyed, as well as all copies of scriptures and liturgical…

The Shiat Ali, or partisans of Ali, formed following the 680 murder of Ali’s son Hussein and his followers by the Umayyad Caliph Yazid I in Karbala, Iraq. Following the death of Hussein, the Shia would remain a source of instability for the Umayyad regime, waging a low level insurgency against the Umayyad state and eventually supporting the Abbasid revolution that overthrew the Umayyad…

exam were finally over. I could enjoy myself and be the independent seven year old I thought I was. Ironic how that all changed in a blink of an eye. I remember my mother asked me the night before if I could wake up early…