Under The Hohenstaufen Emperors

Two civilizations started out at the same time and evolved into empires of great similarities, yet compelling differences lie between them.

Throughout history there has been many religious conflicts. Of those, the Habsburg and Ottoman Empire are two of them. The Habsburg Empire was considered a Catholic Empire and the Ottoman was an Islam Empire. Charles V owned the Habsburg Empire. He inherited castile-Aragon (Spain) and the Habsburg territories. He also became the ruler of Aztec and Inca Empires in the Americas. (Sivers, Desnoyer, Stow 2012 Pg. 537) After battling against France in 1519, Charles was the title of emperor. In 1299, Osman Bey was in charge of the Ottoman Empire when he established independent rule in Anatolia. The expansion of the Ottoman Empire began in 1453.

During rule of Emperor Justinian of the Eastern Roman Empire, a cycle of recurring plagues started in the year 541 A.D. This plague cycle would disappear and reappear in roughly eleven year cycles. The last strike of this plague cycle was in 747 in Naples. This series of plagues were called the Justinian plague named after Emperor Justinian’s rule and it is also referred to as the early medieval pandemic (EMP). The severity of this plague was high being that Procopius of Caesarea, a Urban Prefect of Constantinople stated that the plague “fell upon the whole world, yet just as many people escaped as had the misfortune to succumb- either because they escaped the infection altogether, or because they got over it if they happened to be

The Japanese-American author, Julie Otsuka, wrote the book When the Emperor was Divine. She shares her relative and all Japanese Americans life story while suffering during World War II, in internment camps. She shares with us how her family lived before, during, and after the war. She also shares how the government took away six years of Japanese-American lives, falsely accusing them of helping the enemy. She explains in great detail their lives during the internment camp, the barbed wired fences, the armed guards, and the harsh temperatures. When they returned home from the war they did not know what to believe anymore. Either the Americans, which imprisoned them falsely, or the emperor who they have been told constantly not to believe, for the past six years imprisoned. Japanese-Americans endured a great setback, because of what they experienced being locked away by their own government.

What kind of technology in the Roman Empire affect its growth the most? I will be investigating from the start of the Roman Empire in 753 BCE to when the Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE. This investigation will have a broad scope while investigating and include things from the Roman Legion to aqueducts and concrete. This investigation will not include technology that was not widely used to better the Roman Empire. The research question will answer my question by conducting research on how different groups of technology made the Roman Empire better based off of their potential uses and different contributions to Roman society.

This essay will present the following: holistic view of the ancient emperors, using a (DWH) format. Including imperative details, in regards to the process of ancient Empires, the significant on this paper will be how the societies that supplemented the emperors, and their economics driving force. Additionally, how did these ancient emperors fell. Many of the example that will be discussed will be the cause of the emperors.

The beginning of the Middle Ages (500-1050) can be defined by the disintegration of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD, the establishment of Germanic kingdoms, and the rise of Christianity. New European civilizations emerged (Byzantine, Islam, and Western Europe) that integrated Christian, Greco-Roman, and Germanic elements. In the east, Byzantine and Islam were culturally and economically superior to Latin Christendom, due to Germanic invasions. In the fifth century, German tribes began to found kingdoms on what was once land that belonged to Rome. Germanic leaders, although attracted to Roman rule and culture, were unable to maintain Greco-Roman culture. The Roman Empire had been organized around cities that were economic, cultural, and political centers. Germanic Tribes were unprepared culturally to save the dying civilization. Urban life declined, and shifted to a primarily rural focus. Eventually, Roman law began to fade and Greek language almost vanished completely. During this time of cultural decline, the church rose to power, which had retained and preserved most elements of Greco-Roman civilization. The church

Rome fell because of poor leadership. The first example of this is that some emperors were more interested in their wealth than doing the hard work of ruling the empire. In turn, the emperors were not doing the hard work of keeping the Empire stable. Also, you can see that many emperors were not in power long enough to make to make much of an impact on the Empire. Most emperors did not live very long due to assassination, murder, or suicide, in turn, lead to the Roman emperors not being able to do much impact to help Rome at all. Another example is Rome was torn apart as military generals and other leaders attempted to take over the government, and prove they were strong enough to hold the Empire together. The military leaders did not

Other controversial sections included the major land concessions forced upon Germany (including the loss of all her colonies), the limitation of the German army to 100,000 men, and the extremely large sum in reparations Germany was to pay to the Allied Powers.

War. It is something that plagues our everyday lives as it has for many millennia, but the question that always arises is, why does it happen? Many say it’s due to religion and government, and while those are both true, the answer is truly found in the metaphorical roots of culture. In literature, the idea is addressed often through the actions of characters, not so much the general conflict of the story. The pieces “When the Emperor Was Divine” and Things Fall Apart by Julie Otsuka and Chinua Achebe, respectively, perfectly illustrate just how culture can be disrupted and how it is the characters’ actions that lead to these disruptions. Mainly, it is the elements of fear, miscommunication, and the White Man’s instinctual need for power, that

The Emperor usulally gets the last word in anything that happens in his nation. This rank is went on, not picked up.

When Rome was founded in 753 BC it was constructed as a representative republic in which the governing body consisted of the Senate, the assemblies and two consuls. This system was suitable as the city was “a sanctuary of refuge for all fugitives, which they called the temple of the god Asylaeus, where they received and protected all, delivering none back, neither the servant to his master, the debtor to his creditor, nor the murderer into the hands of the magistrate, saying it was a privileged place (Plutarch’s Romulus).” Allowing representation to the people who were the outcasts in other societies created fierce loyalty. As the size of the Roman Empire increased around much of the Mediterranean Sea the difficulty of governing such an expansive amount of land became clear and the switch from the Republic to the Principate, in which one ruler led the people, aided in its ultimate decline. Leadership was constantly changing in the first century BC and caused inconsistencies in direction and many forms of political corruption. Looking specifically at the reforms of Sulla, Caesar, and Augusts it will become evident that over expansion, military reforms, consolidation of power and corruption created by these administrators ultimately led to the dissolution of the Roman Republic.

Although Rome had some effective emperors, most of them couldn't provide the stability and economic security that Rome needed in order to have a well organized government. Some of those emperors were just enjoying their wealth Rather than doing all of that work of ruling the empire. Some were crazy and did many crazy things, like how Nero made them listen to his concerts, and Caligula made the army collect seashells (which was a little funny) and nominated his horse (yes, his horse) as his council. Most military generals were fighting for the throne so that they could prove that they could provide the stability Rome needed and prove that they were strong enough to hold Rome together, making it stable. Since Rome's emperors were not meeting

The Flavian emperors took power during the Flavian dynasty, which was a roman imperial dynasty that rose to power around 69 AD. During a civil war a ruler named Vitellius became emperor but many eastern tribes and legions didn't like the idea and wanted their leader Vespasian to rule. After a battle the war was tilted to the Flavians side and when they entered rome the senate declared Vespasian emperor. This started the Flavian dynasty, which was the time period where three Flavians ruled: Vespasian, Titus, and Domition.

The Battle of Austerlitz commonly referred to as the “Battle of the Three Emperors” was one of the most significant engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The Battle of Austerlitz is considered one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s most significant victories. Emperor Napoleon and the Grande Armee of France engaged and defeated a larger force comprised of armies from the Russian and Austrian Empires. This battle shows that due to a poor Command and Control (C2) and a lack of Intelligence Preparation of the Battle Field (IPB), the Russian and Austrians were poorly prepared which resulted in a major loss for the Russian/Austrian forces and ultimately lead to the end of the Third Coalition and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.