Barbarian

three decades. A leader in the Christian church, he was the Bishop of Hippo, a North African Roman city that fell to barbarians in the same year as his death. In response to Roman military disasters, pagan critics had argued that the shift to Christianity from the traditional state gods in Rome’s Pantheon had demoralized the spirit and energy of the Empire. As a result, barbarian armies were empowered to move into Roman territories—even sacking Rome itself in 410 A.D. Augustine’s treatise…

China defined people into two categories as Chinese or barbarians due to the limitations of contact with other cultures (Neil and Laver, 2001). The establishment of the Silk Road opened new pathways for cultures to interact. The Silk Road’s name came from a precious Chinese commodity known as silk. The Silk Road…

their physical attributes to animalism and unintelligence” (Miles 3). Miles added “the anger, fear, and contempt felt toward the barbaric Japanese figures in propaganda images led Anglo Americans to treat Japanese Americans as if they were actually barbarians” (Miles 7). The pressure caused by the propaganda was the push that sent the American people overboard, igniting the tinder to the bonfire of hatred and implanting the idea that the discrimination of the Japanese was the right thing to do.…

The Roman Empire mainly had a republic based government and though Rome was adaptable to change in most places the exception was in the political form of change. So as time went on the Roman classes soon began to compete against one another for higher for higher ranks in the political system. This caused a large gap between the rich and poor Romans. Eventually after several people conquering different places throughout the civil wars a man that went by the name of Octavian made his position as…

The response to Buddhism inside China during the post-classical era greatly differed amongst the citizens. In China, Buddhism was a foreign religion that was transferred from India. In addition to this, China considered themselves superior to other countries.For example, Kowtow, the act of foreigners having to bow down to Chinese emperor to show that they were beneath them, helps show the attitude of the Chinese. These events were important because it was undecided whether or not Buddhism was a…

The Lady or the Tiger When the man opened the door he heard nothing and the princess anxiously waiting for the man to open the door.He chooses the right door and the barbarian princess waiting for the tiger but no! When the man opened the door slowly the woman from behind the door,ran as fast as she could in her dress and hugged the man.She yelled “Thank you! Thank you!”They went Home and lived happy ever after.So you thought. The princess one night went into the mans home.Ever so slightly…

Many years ago, Europeans experienced a period called the “Medieval Times” or also known as the “Middle Ages”. The time period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. These times were often thought of as the most turbulent, or most exciting in the English and European history! The Medieval people were war like, they always wanted to conquer new land. Even though the Medieval times has numerous things to be remembered by, the most remembered from the Medieval Times were the castles.…

Have you ever been hated or judged for something out of your control? I have, that’s why if I could solve any problem, I’d solve racial profiling. This problem has been very prevalent in my life personally. Since a very young age I’ve been looked at sideways, sneered at, questioned because I had dark skin. I can recall when I was a grade schooler and was invited to a friend’s birthday, now it never bothered me my friend was white or him that I was black, so when he invited me to his birthday…

for pleasure. The Han had immense amounts of trouble with the economy. As a result of peasants actions during these times, the central government was short on money. A significant issue was the absence of protection around China’s borders from barbarians looking to take…

would think a country falling apart wouldn’t affect the entire world, but it affected the entire course of world history. Rome was like a parent to Europe. It was instructing Europe about how the world works and it’s also protecting it from the barbarians that are attacking them. So then imagine that parent dying in a tragic accident. That messed up Europe pretty bad. For better or worse, there is only one institution that could replace the empire’s role. The Roman Catholic Church. Which like…