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Justinian the Great, 527-565 Three principal goals: 1) restore the western provinces 2) reform the laws and institutions 3) promote art and architecture to new heights
Mosaics
His utterances were collected in The Koran (Quran) & The Hadith
Islam in 632
The Mongols
In the early 1200s, Mongols controlled the eastern half of the Arab empire. After Khans death in 1227, Mongol advances continued In 1258, Baghdad was plundered and burned. 50,000 dead, including the last Baghdad Caliph For 200 years, Mongols devastated palaces, libraries and universities
The followers of Jesus believed He was the son of God sent to humankind as savior. His teachings, presented in the New Testament became the basis of a new religion St Paul,(1st C.) Apostle to the Gentiles St Peter, (1st C.) the first Bishop of Rome shaped the internal structure of Christianity
Emperor Theodosius (392) Leo I (440-461)- Pontifex Maximus Gelasius I (492-496) Pattern of worldly involvement Doctrine of Bishops power over kings Gregory I (590-604), established the church as a secular power
Father of the Monastic Movement drew up a manual of conduct for monks and nuns.
Monks tended the wheat and barley fields as well as the vinyards
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