ARB 2101 Chapter 1-4: ARB 2101 Chapter 1-: chapters 1-4 summary
17 Jan 2019
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Chapter 1- a new power in an old world. The roman empire: for many centuries, the mediterranean basin had been part of the. In the 4th century of the christian era, the imperial power moved eastwards and. After that, there was a horizontal division: in. Germany, england, france, spain, and northern italy, barbarian kings ruled, with the sense that they belonged to the roman empire. In southern italy, sicily, northern african coast, egypt, Syria, anatolia and greece all remained under the direct rule from constantinople. The empire started to appear more greek than roman. The empire had become christian after this division through conversion at different levels . The majority of the people were christian, with the exception of pagan philosophers teaching in schools until the 6th century, while the jewish communities lived in the cities. Christianity at the time had doctrinal differences concerning the nature of christ.
