Jerusalem

8 official crusades, fought between the Christians, Byzantines and Muslims. Majority of the the crusades were fought between the Christians and Islamics (muslims). They fought over the holy city of jerusalem, which all three religions claimed to be their holy city. All three religions claimed jerusalem to be their holy city, because they believed in the same God. Although they were called the “holy wars”, they were nothing but holy. In fact most of the leaders went to war for more land, not for…

Jeremiah, who was prophesizing to the elite of Judah in Jerusalem, was unique in the way he tells Zedekiah to handle the imposing Babylonian threat. His message was to accept the takeover and eventual exile, lest they be killed. He urges Zedekiah to not form a rebellion against Babylon so that they may still…

Rome was alluded to as the “mother of the world” because it was a center of civilization, erudition and administration, but the Western Roman Empire fell because of many reasons, such as poor administration in the 2nd and 3rd century, disease, foreign protectors, reduced Roman population and foreign invasion. After it fell in 410 A.D., the empire went into a time period known as the Dark Ages, where there were many downshifts in society. Some examples of the downshift in society’s progress…

faithfulness, but also his judgment on Israel based on their obedience. During this time, God hardly spoke to Israel for the lack of prophets that Israel did not have. The Second Temple Period covers three major events such as Return from Exile to Jerusalem, Rededicating of the Temple by Maccabees, Roman Rule, and Destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70.…

And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day 's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they…

The invasion of Arabs in different countries in the seventh century had several impacts on the natives of the North African countries, and Spain. This paper will analyze how Arabs invaded various countries in the world, spreading Islamic religion and how people embrace the religion without much resistance. The reason Arabs conquered different empires with ease would be discussed in details. The invasion brought about the new religion of Islam, and customs that were new to the Berber tribes of…

Once there, God granted Ananias the ability to restore Paul’s sight, which he completed. Paul then traveled to Arabia, where he stayed for about three years before returning to Jerusalem. There he met Mark, and together with Barnabus they traveled to Antioch in modern-day Syria, where they lived for about a year, from 43-44 AD. In 44 AD, Paul the apostle, along with Mark and Barnabus, left for the first of three missionary journeys…

Loundy Silkman The Early Church and Persecutions For many years Christians and pagans coexisted until the emperor Trajan made Christianity illegal- a situation that stayed in effect for 100 years until the rule of Constantine. During the 100 year that Christianity was illegal people met underground in people’s apartments. These early builders of the Church had to meet in secret, yet they served as the cornerstone of Christian worship in Rome. Throughout this time many of the Christians’…

raises the dead (Luke 8:40), and exorcises demons (Mark 5:1). However, the time line of his travels differs among the gospels as the parables are clustered in groups in Matthew and spread out in Luke, the book of John also claims Christ visited Jerusalem four times while the others insist on a singular trip after a three year…

The crusades were a series of gruesome wars that were fought between the Muslims, Christians, and the Jews over Jerusalem which is to be known in as the holy land for all three religions.The Crusaders, whom were the christians that were fighting in the wars, had won the first crusade and were really happy about that, but a couple of years later another war had broken out over Jerusalem again thus being called the second crusade. Tho the Christians had lost they didn't give up and led themselves…