In the period following the fall of Rome until year 1400 there were three predominant areas of military power; Western Europe, Middle East, and the Asians. ... In contrast to the West, The Middle Eastern Arabs didn't value human life or a code of honor. ... The East and West began to separate when the West used the first cannon's while the East used gunpowder only to scare their enemy. The Easterners along with the Middle East and Byzantines were effective with their mobility for short time; however, West in the end started to pull ahead of the East because of better economy, technol...

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The political and religious characteristics of the Byzantine Empire and of the kingdoms that emerged in England and France during the middle ages were very different and similar at the same time. The kingdoms that emerged in England and France during the middle ages used feudalism, while the Byzantine Empire did not. ... The kingdoms that emerged in England and France during the middle ages used feudalism, a type of political and economic system, while the Byzantine Empire did not. ... The Byzantines believed in the East Orthodox Church, while those of Europe were all Catholic. The East Or...

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Conflict between racial and ethnic groups has been a problem throughout history, and is still a major problem today. Three underlying reasons for conflict between racial and ethnic groups are religious differences, racist upbringings of children, and a history of conflicts between racial and ethnic ...

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The Middle Ages saw the Christian Church peak in its political and social power. ... There were several other crusades during the Middle Ages. ... This made the rift between East and West even greater. ... By the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Renaissance in Europe there was a new branch of Christianity called Protestantism. ...

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Have you ever had a press pass to a concert? How about to the biggest Christian music Festival in Europe? I have! Last summer I had the opportunity to interview several Christian bands such as Audio Adrenaline and All Star United at Flevo, a huge Christian music festival held in the Netherlands. It ...

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Body Modification Body modification and adornment is a universal culture. All civilizations have attempted to change their body in order to fulfill their cultural construct of beauty, religious and social obligations. Body adornment and modification is a very broad subject, ranging fr...

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On the other hand, the communist influence of the Soviet Union was rising and spreading from the east of Europe gradually. ... In addition, the United States was trying to scotch the influence of the Soviet Union spreading in the east of Europe while aiding Europe with Marshall Plan. ... Once America lost Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, the East, and even the West would be in danger. ... It was essential that Turkey keep its territory complete for the sake of maintaining the order of the Middle East. ...

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Following the colonization's of India and Africa, Britain and other major would powers enjoyed economic income and new appeal to middle class people about the adventures that their country went through to colonized other lands. ... Britain looked into the East India Company because it was starting to control the Mughals. Soon my 1757 the East India Company was the leading power in India and through Viceroys Britain was controlling India. ... Britain started from north and south, while France started from east and west. ... After India being conquered by Britain and Africa by Europe, man...

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Today, "Paganism" has two meanings: the earth-centered spiritual traditions of many cultures, both modern and historical, and modern revivals of ancient Pagan religions of Europe and the Middle East. ...

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When studying World History it must be taken into account why Columbus was looking for another route to eastern Asia and what the trade situation was throughout the rest of the world, including Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. ... Terrorist groups that have been traced back to primarily the Middle East recently attacked the United States of America. ...

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In 1914 the Ottoman Empire began to prosper and grow in the Middle East while the Europeans looked upon them with rage and frustration. ... In return the British promised to grant the Arabs their own land, however they did not execute their plan and created mandates meaning that Europe essentially owned and directed the middle east's every move. ... Nevertheless, the Arabs got support from the United States and many other countries from the East. ...

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In the middle time period, Europe goes through a dark period where warfare is everywhere and people were living in chaos. At the end of this time period, urbanization has Europe in a prosperous state with help of revolutionizing the ideas from the Middle East. ... The Byzantine Empire in the East that split off Rome continued order and urban life while the rest of Europe was thrown into chaos. ... Most urban growth in the Latin West was due to the continuing growth of the trade and manufacturing, which came from ideas brought back from the crusades at the end of the Middle Ages. ...

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After conquering the Silk Road, a network of trade networks that connected East, South, and Western Asia with Europe, Genghis Khan realized how important it had become to his empire, seeing how much easier travel was for his soldiers. ... He did this by evenly dividing up the city into sections for different communities such as the Middle East and China. ... Mongols constantly encouraged Europe to trade with them, offering several items and luxuries in exchange for products such as silk, spices, ceramics and copper. 15 In addition to obtaining products, Mongols also wanted to advance their kno...

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Jared Diamond discovered that the topography of the Eurasian continent is wider, the width of Eurasia from east to west is around 8,000 miles. ... Since the Fertile Crescent is in the middle of the Eurasian continent, and because the west and east of the Eurasian continent share the same latitude, the same day length, the same climate zone and the same vegetation as the Fertile Crescent, the civilization easily spread horizontally west and east in Eurasia. ... Diamond supported his theory with so many evidences from his studies in Eurasia, the Middle East and New Guinea. ...

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Most everyone knows of the on-going violence plaguing the Middle-East. ... However, games certainly did not play a role in the case of Middle East suicide bombings. Too many confounding issues attribute to murder in both cases; games cannot pinned as a plausible motivation for murder, as games or media did not play any part in the suicide bombings within the Middle East. ...

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It is of the utmost importance because while it is technically limited to the North Atlantic area, the treaty countries exercise control over a humungous bulk of the strength of the free world, and what happens in Western Europe has direct and immediate political and economic repercussions in Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, and Latin America. ...

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I chose Madrid to be my topic on this essay because I find the nightlife and types of food to be very appealing. Madrid, the capital of Spain since 1562, is located on the geographic center of the Iberian Peninsula. Because of Madrid's central location and high elevation, the weather of Madrid is de...

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You are standing in the middle of a village somewhere around 100 AD. ... You are wearing the best silk from East Asia, drinking Indian tea and smoking American tobacco. You are dealing the East India Company shipments. ... The famous "clashes" of East India Company and Dutch East India Company over a very lucrative spice trading; loss of their Empire by Spaniards in favor of France, which lead to a several outbreaks of military conflicts on the Indian subcontinent and Napoleonic wars; wars with Czar's Russia in Eurasia known as "Great Games". ...

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As we all know there exists a great tension between people around the nation, around countries; yes! around the whole world due to the possibilities of a war against Iraq. This tension grows higher day by day. And people, everybody! Including each one of us wonder what to expect, if we are going to ...

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What were the varying motivations of European countries in regards to their expansion into the New World?  Please discuss at least 3 countries and at least 3 of their motivations in your own words. One of the principal reasons for exploration was the urge to find new routes to East Asia. In 1400s, ...

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During the middle ages (from 500A.D to 1500A.D.) ... The only positive aspect that came from the Crusades was that it allowed trade with Europe and the Middle East. ... Basically, life during the middle ages was harsh and dreadful. ... The Middle Ages was also called The Age of Faith and Christianity was flourishing everywhere. ... Then there was Petrarch who traveled to the many old cathedrals built during the middle ages only to find old books filled with great literature from Greek and Roman times. ...

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In the East, Umayyad rule brought the Arabs into contact with the Turks who, like the Berbers, embraced Islam and, in the course of time, became its staunch defenders. ... Western View of Islam in the Middle Ages. ...

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WWII Peace brought neither stability nor lasting prosperity to the Western democracies, which paid a heavy price for their victory in World War I. Although, the United States suffered comparatively minor financial losses, huge war debts threatened the economic and political stability of Great Brita...

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The food of the middle ages was very different from the food of today.During the Middle Ages in North Europe in 9000 B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era, western civilization came into being in Egypt and in what historians call Ancient Western Asia (modern-day Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, southwestern Russia, Iraq and Iran). they mainly used cattle and sheep for food. ... Most of these foods came from the New World, which Europeans did not journey to until the late 15th century (coffee was originally a native of Abyssinia, while tea was found in the Far East). ... ...

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After this happened about 35,000 years ago, some 1200 generations were to pass before civilization, in the form of farming, spreading from the Middle East, began to supplant the hunter-gatherer economy of the Stone Age inhabitants of Europe. ... All I ask is for the West to give the East its due. ...

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