Jerusalem

needed them. So they were “swallowed up” much like Eichmann was. In fact he even said that “it was like being swallowed up by the Party against all expectation and without previous decision. It happened too quickly and suddenly.”(31, Eichmann in Jerusalem). Eichmann was talking about how he came to join the Nazi party. He may have never expected to join it, much like Paul and his friends did not expect to be involved in World War 1, but both men were devoured by it without thinking the decision…

Europe as an entity within medieval times was strictly Christian and to understand this, it begins with the church. The church was the only voice between the bible and the people, this gave the church most of the power of how the common person perceived the bible and religion, this gave the church high authority over many day to day dealings. Christianity for 100 years had been a belief system unrivalled by other any other belief or mythologies. Islam was a threat to the Christian ideal, this is…

middle of the eleventh century, Seljuk Turks destroyed the Byzantine army in the Battle of Manzikert and then conquered Asia Minor (modern day Turkey); a further encroachment into the Byzantine Empire territory. By 1079 AD, the Seljuks conquered Jerusalem, thus wresting control of the Holy Land from the Christians. Faced with the Islamic aggression and expansion, Byzantine (Eastern) Emperor Alexius I appealed to Pope Urban II (who led Western Christendom) to support the Emperor’s efforts in…

The Crusades started in 1095, and were a series of Christian military wars set in place so that the Christians could take back Jerusalem(Holy Land) from the Muslims. There are a few misconceptions about whether the Christians were just attacking the Muslims out of spite, and taking their land. The truth is that, the Holy Land originally belonged to the Christians and it was taken over by the Muslims, the Christians were only reclaiming what was theirs in the first place. There were eight…

Fighting North, South, East, and West, but was all of this fighting really worth the pain? The Crusades were a series of expeditions sent by the leaders of each force to take back what was previously stolen from them; the Holy Land. Having control over Jerusalem was all that they craved. After time, this brings historians to question the fact of whether this was truly a fight that rooted from the love of religion or the love of economic power. While the word ‘crusade’ is defined as a military…

provisions, swearing of fealty, conquered lands, and use of the Bosporus Strait, and the utter destruction of Peter the Hermit’s forces, the Crusader forces eventually succeeded in securing numerous military victories and capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem. Of course, the Crusaders were fortunate to have faced a Seljuk army who was subject to at best, a very limited unity of command and prone to internal rivalries and power struggles. Likewise, the Shiite Fatimids from Egypt were clearly no…

NT2200-Week One Cultural Influences Paper The Bible gives precise and detailed information about the Apostle Paul’s heritage and cultural background. In Php 3:5 (KJV) “Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;”. And in Act 22:3 (KJV) “I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of…

Crusade, the religious war started by the catholic Christian to capture the holy city of Jerusalem. Pope Urban II, the leader of catholic Christian started the war in 1095. He wanted to increase his personal power, stop the Seljuk Turks and a safe route to Holy land. Seizing the opportunity given by the feudal system, Peter the hermit inspired all to join the force against the Muslim force. Noble wanted the crusade to continue to become more rich and powerful. Peasant were inspired by the…

reestablish Roman Catholic Christianity in the eastern Mediterranean basin. The Crusades are also referred as the expeditions that Roman Catholic Christians mounted in the effort to recapture Palestine, the land of Christian origins, and the holy city Jerusalem from Muslim authorities. The Crusades were ruthless, bloody and violent wars that disrupted the western hemisphere for over 200 years. Even though that the Crusades brought violence and death to the world there were many positive aspects…

The First Crusade, began in 1095 after pope Urban II had been asked to help in supplying Emperor Alexius Comnenus with mercenaries to fight for him in order to regain Jerusalem. The response given may have been much larger than what was expected yet it was far from declined. Urban saw this opportunity to change the religion in the east and instead bring it into the west’s Christianity. And as the Christian following was pretty much everyone at the time, Alexius was given an army of people…