Constantinople

routes opened up connecting the east to the west. The secrets of gunpowder first made its way to the Middle East and Islamic Empires, and then to the Catholic Roman Empire. The Ottoman Turks perfected and used it to finally capture the city of Constantinople in 1453, and both the English and the French used it to great effect against each other in the Hundred Years War (Whittemore). Every battle used since the creation and spread of the cannon has been fought using the revolutionary invention. Almost

This modules covers four different types of society’s that empires have used throughout history. First is the Plural society used in Constantinople by the Byzantine Empire. Where a common religion such as Islam rules allows other religions to exist but in turn taxes them for not converting. Second is the unitary approach used by the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan and then the Spanish that eventually conquered them. This approach only allows a single religion to exist and does its best to rid the world of

The Crusades were the epic battles for the holy city of Jerusalem, first controlled by Constantinople. In the beginning, everything was at peace with the holy land, when a group of people entered and took over Jerusalem. Soon, in 1095, Pope Urban II called on all the Christians in the land to fight for the city, so that they could take it back. He said that to anyone who fought or were killed in battle, their sins would be pardoned. Therefore, there were many Christians who took themselves and their

During the time period of 600 CE to 1095 CE, there were multiple groups raiding and attacking other civilizations to strengthen their own empires. Islam was spreading rapidly and the faith was taking control of land that had been ruled previously by the Roman empire. It eventually arrived in Western Europe and the Muslim Caliphs took control. In 600 CE, the Muslims entered Jerusalem and took over. The different Muslim groups were attempting to conquer the lands in Western Europe. The Crusades were

Bernard of Clairvaux, and Louis VII, gathered together in Constantinople in 1147, to create a plan to recover the County of Edessa. This was the first time that two kings joined forces. The plan was to cross to Anatolia in order to destroy the Turkish armies that had been seen the year prior, while the ultimate aim

Christianity first began with the Jews before the birth of Jesus, the Jews held a prophecy that Jesus, the “messiah” would one day come to earth and die on the cross to clear all humanity’s sins, the past, the present, and the future sins (History). Eventually, that Messiah was born and his name was Jesus Christ, he would assign 12 disciples who were his “helpers”. These disciples went around preaching about Jesus and how God is the real God; all the idols and false gods the people around Israel

The Ottoman Empire rise after the fall of Baghdad to the Mongols. Consolidate their empire the sultans formed fighters group of slaves & Christian converts to Islam The Ottoman Empire, one of the greatest empire on the longest one industry this empire dominant Far East Europe Middle East Africa and Asia, remarkable location enable this empire to go for a long time through several reasons the most important ones: centralization, all power within one person, Education and Judicial systems are run

Leo III, the Byzantine emperor, started to come up with a theory of why the Muslims were having such great military success against him after the siege of Constantinople. He knew that the Muslims had removed any religious images from their mosques and that in the Ten Commandments it says “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them” (Exodus 20:5). Leo III saw the Muslims victories as a reward from God for ridding the images from their life and thus started a program of “iconoclasm” (destroying

Document _6___ states that the fourth crusade was wasteful and destructive event.The result only further dividing the christian world. And arriving in constantinople the venetians who had been hired to transport the crusaders and the knights agreed to attack the byzantine capital instead. The city was savagely taken as long as may people's lives. This is important because we know now that the fourth crusade

event that divided the Christian world. This is important because the Fourth Crusade, like the rest, was a was that cause many lives to be lost. It took place in 1204 and in Jerusalem, it states “...sacked the Christian (Eastern Orthodox) city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire).”Document 4 states that in the Fourth Crusade, to add on more information, there was so many things that had went wrong and never recovered.This is relevant because the fourth document states