I Believe

During Abdul Hamid I, “he found a treasury so depleted that he would not pay to the Janissaries the donative customary at the start of each reign.” His “ministers had ruled over an empire, exhausted by war, which for some thirteen years was to be relieved by a spell of relative peace.” After Abdul Hamid I, Selim III became a sultan. Kinross describes him that “Selim was a young man of energy and vision, bent on the salvation and reform of his country.” He founded “Nizam-I Jedid, or “The New…

night, I went to Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour. It was held in Rogers arena where is the home of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team, as well as venue for some of the biggest concerts and shows in the city. It is located at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver. The Rebel Heart Tour is the tenth worldwide concert in support of Madonna’s thirteenth studio album. It is so embarrassing that I have never listened to her songs before, although Madonna is an icon of popular music. So when I…

When I arrived at the training grounds, everyone were in groups talking amongst themselves. I walk up infront of everyone, clearing my throat to get everyone's attention. “Sorry to disappoint you cheerleaders, but Ethan couldn't make it so let's get to work to get it over with, shall we?” I say with authority laced in my voice. “Today we are working in our wolf forms so shift and follow my lead. Have your mindlink open incase I try to contact y’all.” I command shifting into my wolf. It has…

thinking that my sergeants would just read it and throw it away. I was just in a angry mindset and was pressed for time because procrastinated to the last day to try and finish i thought i would get over on the sergeants and have no backslash. Even though i knew it was wrong to plagiarize someone else's work i' still did it anyway neglecting my army value of doing what's right when no one is looking. The lack of integrity, respect and personal courage lead my in a path of trouble that should've…

The harsh environment and culture that surrounded Leonidas and his ability to overcome these hard conditions pushed Leonidas to reveal his main character and traits which were from a part a necessity to survive and from another part his hidden personality. Leonidas didn’t find large difficulties to integrate and surpass these conditions; instead he was pioneered and empowered by them and enjoyed a free life, full of face to face combats style and a confident-pragmatic personality. A. MBTI: As…

The Day We Went Into Minecraft One day… I was at my house in Richmond Hill, GA. Suddenly, there was this new looking invention my friend made. He made a portal into Minecraft, yes, Minecraft. I jumped in with my 5 other friends. We went in and jumped on a server called play.cubecraft.net or just simply called Cubecraft. _PantherGaming_ and FoxyGamer2006 love the server along with the other three friends. We played a game on the server. It was called Egg Wars. Everyone's favorite game, or at…

The Roman Empire in the fourth century C. E. underwent a major change in the religious arena. The Emperor of Rome, Constantine conversion to Christianity was seen was the turning point in history when he gave boost to the religion by supporting it financially. Roman culture and society completely transformed when Christianity started to spread wide and far. As the Christian population continued to grow, the creation of hierarchy in the church was established to organize the believers in the…

would convert him to a Christian forever. The life of Constantine revolved around his family, his conversion to christianity and the type of leader he was throughout his Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was later known as the Roman Emperor Constantine I who fought at Milivian Bridge, and built Constantinople. Constantine was born around 280 A.D. in Naissus, Rome; now known as a city in present day Serbia…

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 Roman Catholic Church from would not be powerful without wealth and political and structural strengths and weaknesses playing roles in its spread throughout Europe. Diocletian was against any and all unorthodox religious movements including the growing religion of Christianity. To rid the Roman Empire of Christians, he took church property and destroyed churches, took Christians out of office, and enslaved lower-class Christians. They survived throughout the rest of Diocletian’s reign until…