Differences Between Rome And Byzantium To Rome

Robert Austin Parry
Gold 3
5/7/2014
Dialectic
Connection One: Byzantium to Rome
In Byzantium society, the emperor had absolute power, and was seen as above all others. Similar to this social status was in Rome, where the emperor also was seen as the most powerful figure in society.
Connection Two: Rome and Byzantium to Egypt
Similar to Byzantium and Rome, in Egyptian society, the King was the most powerful figure, and everyone else was seen as lesser beings. Unlike Byzantium and Rome, Egypt had a king or pharaoh whereas Byzantium and Rome had an emperor.
Connection Three: Egypt to the Nile
The Egyptian civilization relied on the Nile in many ways. The Nile had annual floods which made the land better for growing food; the Egyptians predicted these floods and used it to create bigger harvest and a surplus of food.
Connection Four: Egypt to Greece
In Egypt, people believed in many Gods that controlled different aspects of their lives and nature. The Greeks also believed in many Gods, which ruled over different aspects of life, but in Greece, different city states centered their religious beliefs on specific Gods.
Connection Five: Greece to Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment rook place during the 17th century, this was a time in Europe where people started to stray away from tradition and go more towards science and reason. Greek philosophers believed in rationality and critical thinking to explain the universe, they did not however dismiss the thought of Gods.
Connection Six: Persia to the Civil War
When Alexander the Great began liberating Greek cities from Persian rule. Darius III, king of Persia at the time, started to mobilize his troops to stop Alexander’s army. Similar to this was during American Civil War when the...

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Connection Thirty-Six: Christianity to Holocaust
The creation and spread of Christianity years before the holocaust started a series of attacks on the Jews; the biggest are the Crusades and the Holocaust.
Connection Thirty-Seven: Egypt to Romanesque Architecture
Art in Egypt was used for religious rituals mainly. Similar to this was the art in the form of architecture, which was mainly for churches, during the eleventh and twelfth centuries
Connection Thirty-Eight: The Black Death to the Scientific Revolution
The devastating effects of the Black Death led to people exploring new forms of medicine, and surgery. This would later influence scientific experiments that would be documented and shared during the scientific revolution.