Byzantine Empire

The impact of the battle had started the collapse of Byzantium, with internal battles and conflict in the east becoming common occurrences, plus the whole empire itself was treasury bankrupt and its armies were ill equipped to fight back. This defeat loomed over Byzantium and other Western European regions, showing that Christianity isn’t the only dominant religion, with Islam soon becoming a religion that…

In 1095 at the Council of Clermont in France, Pope Urban II gave a speech that would affect the church for many years to come. He declared that church was going to try and get the Holy Land back from the Seljuk Turks in battles that would be known as the Crusades. Since the mid-seventh century, the Muslims had controlled the Holy Land and had prevented Catholics from entering Jerusalem to make pilgrimages. The Catholics saw gaining the Holy Land back as a sacred duty because the Muslims were…

in the Abrahamic religions and it has been the center of countless conflicts. The effects of the 19th century Palestinian imperialism are reflected in the current state of the Palestinian Territories. By 638, Muslims captured Palestine from the Byzantines and made the province into a military district, this is when the Arabization/Islamization of the region started. By the end of the 7th century, Caliphs started to build religious infrastructure solidifying Muslim interest in the region…

‘Crusade’ is a non-medieval Franco-Spanish hybrid that has been considered synonymous to the pursuit of a good cause. The Crusades were a series of on and off religious wars fought between the years from 1096 to 1487 under the authority of various Popes. The Crusades were basically fought for the recovery of the Holy Land. They were ordered by Pope Urban II in 1095, and within months the first Europeans had arrived in the Middle East to rid the Holy Land of Muslims. One story particularly…

It is not uncommon for cathedrals in the Byzantine Empire to be used as status of prosperity and power, rather than being solely places of worship. San Vitale is known for the incredible mosaics that create a focus on Justinian, Theodora, and other political figures which make it more of a glorification of the emperor than a religious building. How much decadence and lavishness is acceptable before the focus of this church becomes more about paying respects to the people in power in the time it…

Over the course of time, numerous empires tried to imperialize/ colonize others regions because of the desire for money, resources, and more power. Religion is a set of beliefs that concern the cause, nature, and purpose of the world, it highly involves supernatural powers, especially involving sacred, devotional and ritual ceremonies; religion usually contains a moral code that governs human affairs (BBC.co.uk). Economics is the wealth of a country based on the making and use of goods (Merriam…

‘Late in the eleventh century, the Byzantine Empire was under pressure from the Seljuk Turks and needed Western help’ (Kagan, Pg. 211). In 1095 Pope Urban delivered his speech and asked for help from the Westerners to save the Holy Land from the Muslims. Pope Urban’s speech at Clermont was the beginning of the First Crusade. The question is; why did the Christians in the West decide to take this dangerous journey to fight in the Holy Land? The Christians believed in prophets from God. They…

The Christian Crusades Almost 200 years ago during the middle ages, the crusades wrested control over the Palestine Region from Selcuk turks due to a series of military incursions that were made up of christian armies from western europe. The control that the christian crusades had over the Holy land were tenuous at its best. Today, the crusades that Hollywood has put in our minds: glorious and righteous warriors in form of knights leading the crusades, anointed by god to save the Holy land…

understand the importance of making reforms and industrializing. Both nations had a history of imitating the cultures of other nations. For example, Russia imitated the Byzantine Empire in architecture and religion while Japan imitated China through Korea, the cultural landbridge. Japan even avoided being taken over by western empires by observing what happened to China. Japan’s nationalism helped them to create a strong military to protect itself against western powers. They used their code of…

Historians have recognized there are two sides to the Sack of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade. One side believes there was justification, while others believe it was wrongful. Those that claim there was justification view the actions of the Crusade as holy. Scholars recognize that crusaders saw the Sack of Constantinople as an opportunity to bring the state into Roman obedience and also to bring honor to the Church. In “Vows and Contracts in the Fourth Crusade” , Thomas Madden who has…