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The East on the Eve of Holy War

1 . In what ways might the early-medieval empires of the Carolingians Abbasids , and Byzantines be seen as a break with the civilization of the Mediterranean in Roman and immediate post-Roman times This is dependent on the geographic areas where they were situated The Carolingians were concerntrated in what is now Franced and Germany In their case , their culture was primarily Germanic in nature . Snce they embraced Christianity , they had the support of the nascent Christian

church as well which encouraged the , to grow . The Abbasids came to power in Persia and were able to wrest control from the Greek rulers . Islam helped make them distinct . The Byzantines saw themselves as the continuation of the Roman Empire as the west appeared to be declining and decided to establish themselves a new capital instead of taking over Rome

2 . Describe the main steps in the gradual split between eastern and western Christendom from the fourth to the eleventh century ? What were the main issues dividing Byzantium from Europe by the end of this development This was primarily due to the irrconcilable differences of theology and practice of the two churches . The eastern church used Greek while the west stuck with Latin the west is centralized under the Pope 's authority while the eastern churches are localized with patriarchs in each local jurisdiction and are subordinate to the (Byzantine ) emperor It was these differences that caused the two churches to...

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