Anatolia

• The historical importance of the word Justinian is that he was high ranking Byzantine nobleman that restored Rome’s fading glory. For example, he sent his general Belisarius to conquest North Africa from the Germanic tribes. Also, they seized Rome from the Ostrogoths. In addition to that, they seized most of Italy and some parts of Spain. • The historical significance of the term Justinian Code is that it is a set of uniform code that served the Byzantine Empire. The Code contained Rome’s…

Climate and the Chronology of Iranian History by Alan Mikhail Alan Mikhail focuses on the importance of creating a chronology for the history of Iran through a powerful environmental factor: climate changes. This is particularly different than the historical “norms” of politics, economics, and war that were typically associated with Iran. In this article, Mikhail uses climate change to chronicle four different accounts of climate cooling in the region from the early eleventh to the nineteenth…

Over the course of history, a number of items have impacted society. The economical development and growth of society has been influenced by several things. Agriculture and trade has had a tremendous impact on the economic development and growth of society. One such area that has been impacted is that of Mesopotamia, which is Greek for land between rivers. This is now modern day Iraq. The civilizations that make up the Mesopotamia are the Upbraid, Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian and…

The emergence of the Ottoman empire began in 1299 by Oghuz Turks under the rule of Osman 1 in Northwestern Anatolia. Conquests in the Balkans between the years 1362-1389 and the overthrowing of the Byzantine empire had a profound impact on the geopolitics of the Ottoman empire, ultimately transforming the Ottoman empire as a transcontinental empire and claimant to the caliphate. The Ottoman empire was the leading empire of the Islamic world that controlled large swaths of territory that ranged…

Since the location of Greece at the crossing point of the west and east, Greek culture and traditions ae very rich and diverse. The Greek culture began to develop thousands years ago and it includes the Paleolithic era and the birth of the great Minoan, Mycenaean and Cycladic civilizations through the Classical Period and the Golden Age. Due to the Greek life was dominated by religion, the temples of ancient Greece were the biggest and most beautiful. Also, they have the purpose to built is that…

Genocide is a word used to describe the destruction of a nation or ethnic group. The word being derived from the Greek word genos meaning “race” and the Latin word cide meaning “killing”. The Armenian genocide, although covered up, was particularly brutal. The Ottoman Turks had a lot to do with the genocide taking place, the murders were brutal and the Ottoman Turks and Turkish people today have had a lot of control over the aftermath. At the time, the Ottoman Turks had just entered World War I…

word is derived from the word King Minos. Minoan society was a very influential one and it had a varied culture. Its artists and traders had an influence throughout the Cyclades. It influenced Egypt’s old kingdom, Cyprus, Canaan, Levantine and Anatolia. Disappearance of Minoan society is accounted to an invasion from mainland and eruption of a volcano from the island of Thera. 2) Describe Mycenaean society? Where were they located? When did Mycenaean society flourish? Who did Mycenaean…

During the Post Classical-Era which lasted roughly from 500 CE to 1450 CE, the world was in a state of accelerated change and growth in the fields of politics, economics, and especially religion. During this time, Islam, one of the largest and most well-known religious traditions in the world, was founded and contained in the expanding Arab Empire. In addition to this, Christianity continued to have a profound impact on the world as it spread its ideas and beliefs across Europe. When one…

Diocletian decided that it was best to divide the Roman Empire into two parts, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire. Diocletian ruled the eastern half, which consisted of Greece, Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt while speaking Greek, and he elected a co-ruler to rule the western half, which consisted of Italy, Gaul, Britain, and Spain while speaking Latin. Diocletian was a strong-willed army leader that was able to restore order and increase…

Greek mythology has played an important and lasting role in Greek and later civilizations. Greek mythology deals with the stories of gods and heros. The Greeks used these stories to try to explain and justify why things were in the world that they lived in. These stories were involved and used in the everyday culture of the Greeks. There are many different types of myth and legends although, they are not true they still are useful in understanding ancient Greece and their culture. Myths are…