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What Are The Changes And Continuities In The Mediterranean World

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The Mediterranean World between 284 and 1054 CE includes continuities and changes such as the continuous religious belief of a virgin birth sent by God (from Christianity in the late Roman Empire to Islam today) in the Islamic Caliphate, the split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church in 1054 in the Byzantine Empire, and the establishment of the feudal system in the 9th century in the Western European Dark Ages. In the Islamic Caliphate, the main religions at the time (Christianity in the late Roman Empire to Islam) continued to include a virgin birth sent by God. To begin, in Chapter 1 of the Book of Luke (in Christianity), an angel of God told Mary the virgin, that “the Holy Spirit will come on you...so the Holy One to be …show more content…

To start, before the split, “early Christians fell under the jurisdiction of five patriarchs or archbishops located in Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Constantinople”. Under one church, Christianity had several administrations in different locations, which ends up being the initial cause for the split in 1054. Furthermore, the East-West Schism occurred when “a representative of the Roman pope excommunicated the patriarch of Constantinople, and the patriarch excommunicated the Roman pope in return”. Because of the differently located jurisdictions, their differences eventually became too profound to deal with, and resulted in separation. This is an important change in 1054 in the Byzantine Empire because the resulting Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church are still around and split …show more content…

First of all, the initial purpose for the feudal system came during the viking invasions of the early 9th century, when kings were “unable to meet every threat and local men took a more prominent role in defense”. Subsequently, this evidence details how the viking invasions impacted those in the Dark Ages without feudalism. After the establishment of it though, these problems were less apparent. In consequence, feudalism began in the 9th century when “invasions became the norm of society, with all the peasants residing there and working their strip of land in a community as vassals”. Because of the problems with security that some were facing (explained earlier), feudalism gave lords the ability to exchange land for military service. Therefore, this cause and effect explains feudalism’s creation in the Western European Dark

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