Augustine Empire Vs Byzantine Civilization

Immediately after the Classical Era of World History, the period that came along was the Postclassical Period. This period, within the year 500 CE and 1450 CE, was built up by “third-wave civilizations”. In other words, it was built up by large empires characterized by constant patterns of change, trade, and considerable changes in technologies. In 1492 CE these civilizations got global, meaning that the interactions among these different societies stopped being regional. Two empires who were very important during the Postclassical Period were the Byzantine Empire and China. Geographically these civilizations were far apart, but as they developed, they became two of the most influential empires of the time. Also, as they developed they

The Byzantine and Han Dynasty both became successful in similar and yet different ways. Han China and Byzantine empire both rose from of the fall of previous empires. When it came to both the Byzantine empire and the Han Dynasty they both valued their social classes differently. They also had very similar and different aspects when it came to family life. They also had different styles of governments that had some similar aspects.

Christianity experienced notable change during the Byzantine Era as a result of the fact that new ideas were introduced into the religion and because more and more cultural values from across the world started to pervade it. The religion was very different in Byzantium from how it was in the West principally because a series of Eastern ideas were adopted by Christian leaders. Christianity experienced a different development in the East when compared to the evolution that it experienced in the West. In the centuries lasting between the beginning of the Eastern half of the Roman Empire and the end of a small medieval state Christianity has practically been bombarded with Eastern ideas and with ideas that generally differed from the ones promoted in the West, eventually making it possible for "a distinct system of religious practice and devotion" (Krueger, 1) to emerge.

There were many powerful civilizations during the post-classical era, but these civilizations grew powerful using different methods of religion, governments, and class systems. Some of these civilization share many commonalities amongst each other. The Roman Empire was copied by the Byzantine Empire in many ways, while the Chinese empires used different methods of raising its people. The religion of these civilizations would often reflect how the country would be ruled. The similarities and differences between these civilizations can be viewed though out the post-classical era.

The Byzantine Empire, seen as a direct continuation of the Roman Empire, lasted approximately from 500-1450 CE. This empire proved to be a valuable city for both the Greeks as well as the Romans. Throughout history, the Aegean Sea, the Bosphorus Strait, and Constantinople all impacted Roman history through constant trade and achievements. Other than trade, perfecting the oil industry, and the construction of aqueducts, conduits, and tunnels was other main achievements.

Much of past civilizations have endured many failures and triumphs throughout their existence. In the third century, there were many civilizations that started to flourish. One of these civilizations that started to expand was the Byzantine civilization. The Byzantine civilization, also regarded as Byzantium, was part of the Roman Empire which was divided in 395 AD. Byzantium had shared the same attitude, as the Roman Empire, toward exercising its authority over its citizens and throughout its empire. The Islamic civilization had started thrive in the fifth century. The Islamic civilization was unified together as unison by Islam and it has expanded its civilization throughout parts of Europe through jihad. Because of their expansions

The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe originally were part of the Roman Empire, but by the middle Ages(medieval times), they were very different, even though they did share some common traits, but by the 300's, the Byzantine Empire had far surpassed Western Europe in trade and economics and political unity, while both empires were having arguments over religion.

The societies during the 500 C.E. era began to decline due to internal power struggles and external invasions. Despite the challenges they faced they realized they needed to re-establish political and social order in order to rise once again. During this process some reinstituted a strong centralized authority while others formed regional kingdoms that lacked centralization. Regardless of which method they took they all proved to thrive into prominent empires. The variation in social and political factors amongst the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic Empire, and the Sui and Tang dynasties allowed for the empire to flourish in some regions as opposed to others.

According to history there existed two of many important ancient civilizations that left a significant mark in the history of human development that even today leaves modern society in awe of its greatness. In spite of being distant civilizations, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece share similarities and difference in terms of how they practiced religion,political structure, everyday life style, and how they built the monumental architectures that continued to amaze the modern world of today. These comparison and contrast explain their difference in history and their dynasty's long term success. Through the early developmental age these two ancient civilizations contrasted in many ways perhaps due to

Following the decline of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE, a new empire rose up in the ashes. This new empire, the Byzantine Empire, was a culmination of Western Roman cultures and tradition, yet, it also contains many distinctive features. Originating from the same empire, the two empires display similar cultural roots.

Before 1450 The Byzantine and Islamic Empires both had their similarities and differences in the way they governed. Islamic caliphates and the Byzantine Empire both appointed their political leaders as religious leaders why? Because they both have more power over their people. They would control the areas laws and duties but also their religion. The big difference of the two empires was their religious practices, The Islamic caliphates consisted of Islam and Muslims but the byzantine empire believed in orthodox Christians.

The ancient Egyptian and ancient Greek civilizations are two of the oldest known civilizations in our history. The Egyptian civilization, based in the eastern part of North Africa, is believed to have started around 3150 BC and continued till the end of the Pharaoh rule in 31 BC. The ancient Greek civilization is believed to have been in effect from 1100 BC till about 146 BC. Many similarities and differences existed between these two civilizations, as even though they co-existed during a certain timeframe (1150 BC to 146 BC), they were located in different geographical areas. Because of these differences in geography, both these civilizations were subjected to different kinds of exposure, which included contact with other civilization and cultural inheritance. In the political sphere, we find that the Egyptian civilization had stronger emphasis on central authority, while the Greeks had a more decentralized structure, where powers were distributed over the cities and the states as well. As far as art is concerned, we find that the Egyptians were more involved in creating great monumental and gaudy structures, while the Greeks were more involved in creating smaller, more literary pieces of art.

My chosen topic is looking at the fall of the Roman Empire and the reasons for the fall, including looking at the reasons for the split in the Empire in c. 312- 395 CE and how the eastern half managed to survive for so much longer before finally falling. I am interested in these areas as before when learning about the Roman Empire we never cover that it had broken in two and I was also interested to learn that the Byzantine Empire was what remained of the Roman Empire, we also never explored how the empire ended, just that the Empire fell and consequently Europe went into the Dark Ages. The fall is mainly attributed to the weakness of the Roman army against the surrounding tribes, these tribes were growing stronger and looking to expand eventually managing to invade the city of Rome and kill the last Emperor; Romulus Augusts, however his death was only the end result of the many factors that lead to the weakening of the Empire. It led only to the fall of the western Roman Empire, the later named Byzantine Empire lasted until the 15th Century.

Though both had similar roots, they both took these similar bases & formed it into their own way. Both the Byzantine Empire and Ancient Roman have similar aspects, but each one made it unique. To better understand the similarities and differences of the Byzantine Empire and Ancient Romans one must look at each civilization’s cultural ideas, religion, & dependence on lower class.

The people of ancient Egypt developed their religion based on gods & goddesses & the powers that they had. In old Egypt, there were two Kingdoms called Lower Egypt & Upper Egypt. Both of these kingdoms had their own religions. Many of the ancient Egyptian gods & goddesses were thought to look like humans & animals. Some of their gods & goddesses were shown to be more powerful than others. They changed throughout the Egyptian history as some were raised above others.