Byzantine Empire

strong and mighty empires of both Umayyad and Abbasid clans; spreading Islam throughout northern europe to southern asia. Yet how did Islam impact science, art, and literature between these two strong forces? Can we come to a logical conclusion as to whom had the greatest impact? The Umayyad clan was focused on conquering and taking the land they had deemed as theirs. With obtaining mesopotamia, north africa, and persia they had a strong leading force. They started to build an empire right…

Timeline of 10 Key Dates A. 5th Century - Greek Golden Age B. 323 BCE - Alexander the Great C. 321 BCE - Mauryan Empire in India begins D. 221 BCE - Qin unified China E. 32 CE - Beginnings of Christianity F. 220 CE - End of the Han Dynasty G. 333 CE - Roman Capital moves to Constantinople H. 350 CE - Kingdom of Kush falls I . 476 CE - Fall of the Roman Empire. J. 500 CE - Gupta Empire collapses after the Hun invasions II. Top 10 Individuals or Groups A. Ashoka - Mauryan Emperor that aided…

Therefore this determined choice of mine, the Huns. According to historian Kelly, Christopher (specializes in Roman Empire, classical studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome, W.W.Norton & Company, 2010) the Huns were a separate nomadic (nomadic means people who live by traveling from place to…

The Ottoman Empire was once a very successful and powerful empire. Its prime location allowed for control along the borders of the Mediterranean Sea, the Middle East, some of North Africa and some of Europe. The Ottoman Empire experienced some success, but along with success came hardship with colliding with the Western Nations. During the Ottomans fall, the Powers of the West looked at the Ottoman Empire as the “sick man of Europe” due to the weakness showed. Having this reputation surely was…

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The Ottoman Empire rise thanks to the weakness of the Western Europeans and the Islamic East, The Ottoman Empire took advantage of the conflicts they had, and used that opportunity to expand in the empire. They also took control of Silk Road, a network of trade router from Far East to Europe and Africa that helped in the trade of tea, silk, spices, coffee, cotton. Therefore, Europe had to circumnavigate the Ottoman Empire to found a way to take control again. Christopher Columbus and his…

Roman Empire was a feudal empire that contained present-day Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland , Austria, the Czech, and Slovack Republics. In 1512 "Holy Roman Empire" of the German nation became the title of the empire. It went through Central Europe between the Kingdom of France, the west, the kingdoms of Hungary, Poland, and to the East. On the North Side it was surrounded by the Baltic and North Seas, by the Danish Kingdom. The history of Holy Roman Empire of…

Back then, to get to China or Asia, one would have to travel through the horrible Gobi Desert but that is what they said. Marco Polo thought otherwise and experimented. The discovery of the Silk Road birthed from this attitude. Europe, the Mongol Empire, and Asia would have undergone dissimilar paths in history than they did if Marco didn’t showcase the value of exploration and…

Persia (Iran ) , Headquartered in Safavid Empire , was likely a descendant of the Persian Kurdish Safavid from 1501 1736 Members of the ruling dynasties rains / rained most of the bark of southwest Asia and Safaviyya - injection Shiite dominated the unique order of Islam . In fact , it is converted to Shia Islam in Iran in the Shiite Safavid Empire established diplomatic relations forced the Sunni , Shah Ismail was one of three founders . In height , as well as the Safavid dynasty in Iran now ,…

One of the exhibits at the British Museum that has attracted millions of visitors is the collection of sculptures from the Parthenon known as the Elgin Marbles. These marbles have been at the centre of debate for years over where they should reside. They are originally from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, and there is controversy over whether or not the Trustees of the British Museum legally acquired the collection. Lord Elgin’s illegitimate acquisition of the Parthenon sculptures along with…