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    As a result, two thousand Armenians in Constantinople demonstrated to petition for the implantation of the reforms, but the Ottoman police violent broke it up. Soon after massacres of Armenian broke out in Constantinople, and then in many of the Armenian populated provinces like Van, and Sivas. It was estimated the between 100,000 to 300,000 Armenians were killed by what is now

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    Second issues were the invasions of the Muslims into the areas of Christian kingdoms. The Turks had entered into Roman territory in 1095 and Constantinople was in danger of conquest. Alexius I of Constantinople asked for protection from the western cities, Pope Urban responded because he feared the consequences if the Turks were to invaded in to Constantinople. Pope Urban II then urged his council in his sermon to: “Resume the powers of their faith and arouse in themselves a fierce determination to

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    Constantine the Great

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    Constantine the Great Constantine the Great, first Christian Emperor, originator of Constantinople, creator of the Byzantine Empire, military conqueror, and honored saint, has been labeled by many the most instrumental emperor of the Roman Empire. Constantine played a crucial role in the development of Europe during the Middle Ages, and founded Christianity as the formal religion of the Roman Empire. His dynamic yet effective predominance laid the infrastructure of European development. From

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    The response the Gibeonites gave will be treated in detail in Restitution. Another Scenario was in the book of Daniel 9:1, when the Israelites went into captivity in Babylon as prophesied by the prophets they were in serious difficulty. Daniel the prophet of God understood from the books according to the word of the lord to Jeremiah the prophet that the number of years for the desolation of Jerusalem would be 70 years. In spite of the understanding he heard from the book of Jeremiah he sort the

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    The First Crusade (1096-1099) The First Crusade played a very important part in Medieval England, it was an attempt to re-capture Jerusalem. The first Crusaders were led by Godfrey of Bouillon, they marched from Constantinople through lands held by Seljuk Turks, and also to Antioch. They did this through time periods of 1096-1099. The first crusade state was created in Edessa. The Crusaders reached Jerusalem in 1098, and battled for over a month before the people of Jerusalem surrendered. Baldwin

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    The Principal Crusades

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    The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens and the rescuing of holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. (Alchin 1) There were eight Crusades in number; the first four were sometimes called the Principal Crusades, and the remaining four were the called the Minor Crusades. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades, however, were considered to be the most important. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades started because of key people

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    Crusades Turning Point

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    another crusade in 1198. With not not enough knights to go in to war Enrico Dandolo, the doge of Venice lead forces to aid. In 1203, the crusaders invaded Constantinople and made Alexius IV king of Byzantine Empire. Not much later, the king was overthrown by Alexius V. Crusaders responded by taking control of the city ultimately causing Constantinople to fall dividing the Byzantine Empire up in 1204. The Fifth Crusade started in 1217, when Andrew II of Hungary attempted to take over Acre (in Italy).

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    Black Death Effects

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    The Black Death was one of the most devastating outbreaks in human history. The disease spread fast and covered the territory from China to England and the ultimate western part of Europe. Covering almost entire Europe within several years. The disease was a true mystery for Medieval people since the medicine was under developed to cope with such a disease as the Black Death, which was presumably a plague. The development and spread of the disease was fast and provoked the depopulation of Europe

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    Constantine I Outline

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    young Constantine was raised under emperor Diocletian in the East. [“Constantine - Biography”] After rising to power as the sole emperor of Rome in 324 C.E, Constantine moved the capital city from Rome to the site of ancient Byzantium, naming it Constantinople after himself. [“Heritage”] Constantinople’s biggest strategic advantage was that it was surrounded on all three sides by water. Its position on the Bosporus Strait was easy to defend not only itself but parts of the eastern and Danubian frontiers

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    3rd Crusade Part 1 Essay

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    hold the power for only for the Christians so I guess we’ll see how this is going to go Post 2 1096 Peter the Hermit, a French monk, put together an army of peasants and soldiers. This army were called the peoples crusades. The army charged to Constantinople and then went to Anatolia. They took a heavy loss but Peter seems more persistent than “one and done”. Post 3 As I predicted, The Second Crusade has started. They want to invade the crusader states to make sure that they are still in control.

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