Western Roman Empire

According to the history Channel the Roman Empire grew from a tiny village on the Tiber River to a massive force that conquered many places such as Europe, western Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean islands. According to the folklore of the time Rome was established by the sons of Mars, Romulus and Remus, who were left by the river and were resucued…

authority. In the sixth century, Pope Gregory I, or Gregory the Great, cemented his legacy for conversion by creating the first papal mission of any pagan people in Anglo-Saxon Britain. While Christianity had visited the island briefly, during the Roman occupation, the Anglo-Saxon’s and their paganism dominated the religious sphere on the island in the sixth century. Gregory, before becoming Pope, had long been interested in the island of Britain and desired for it to become part of the…

people belonging to different religions. The “Holy Land” of Jerusalem is a melting pot and impact zone of three religions Islamic, Judaism, and Christianity who all share the sacred ground. The impact of religion in shaping and contributing the Western Civilization cannot be ignored. Religion and especially Judaism and Catholicism were a major factor in every individual’s daily life in the ancient world. Those same factors still hold true in society today as people see challenges facing their…

murdered in March of 44 BC, which happens to be the same day that the last Tsar of Russia advocates. 2. When Rome was on its high horse, it was way ahead of its time. During its reign, the Romans were able to develop the Roman alphabet, which is what the Western world adopted and still uses today, the Roman calendar, which we also still use today, and other major feats, such as the ability to channel water throughout their cities. This could easily…

The Roman empire rose to power through a series of innovative ideas, including the idea of republic as opposed to a dictatorship, roads, and an efficient welfare system. However, as time went, the fall of Rome became inevitable. Although there are internal problems that also contributed to its downfall, the main reason is due to its battle against barbarians. “The most straightforward theory for Western Rome’s collapse pins the fall on a string of military…

please the king's wishes. In addition to this they were brought there to help him create a system to governing his big empire. He knew the necessity of communication in writing as well as speaking and this caused him to have his assistants be literate in reading and writing and his officers had to be able to read his orders and laws to carry out his commands. Since he had a large empire the writing and copying of writings took large amounts of time. This lead to the Carolingian minuscule being…

Colonialism is the control from claiming a person's country and its individuals toward an alternate region. Colonialism will be those act about mastery about securing full or incomplete political control of in turn country, involving it for settlers, What's more exploiting it monetarily.As a perspective, imperialism is a genuinely worldwide geopolitical, financial, and social precept that is established in the overall extension of West European private enterprise that made due until well after…

From the dawn of civilisation, the concept of religion came about only through people who are considered prophets or disciples. It is these people who have such significant impact to religions, as they shape and influence its creation and appearance. As christianity has the highest number of adherents, it is clear that the missionaries, prophets and academics of Christianity have been highly evangelical, influential, and impactful. Christianity was once a tiny religious group, with the most…

religion still practiced to this day. Its original purpose was to gain follows of the "son of god" Jesus Christ, who was to show these followers the path to a moral, peaceful life. However as the religion grew people began to obsess with its ideals, and empires began forming around or against it. With Christianity eventually spreading throughout the majority of the ancient eastern world it was no doubt that opposition would follow. Typically…

the aforementioned traits they earn their place among the most notorious leaders of all time. The leaders I will discuss, in chronological order are Alexander the Great, Cyrus the Great, Augustus, Nero, Caligula, and Chinggis Khan. The size of their empire and their military success will not be the only factors considered in their judgment. Instead they will all be subject to identical concepts to determine…