the first Byzantine iconoclasm is believed to have started with Emperor Leo III around 723-725. (pg. 53) There are many different written sources that discuss what actually happened during this time, however not all coincide with each other completely. Nicephorous of Constantinople recalls the events in his “Short History” during the late 780’s making it one of the closest sources to the actual events. (pg. 53) He states that Leo heard volcanic eruptions on the islands of Thera and Therasia and he took
Power is something that everyone craves and desires to have for their own benefit or to help others. The leaders among people hold a great deal of that power, and are forced to compete with each other or make compromises if they want more power. Around the time between 700 A.D and 900 A.D, the church was an influential source of power that was constantly gaining it. The emperors of the Byzantine Empire were also an influential power who still wanted more power. The pressing strength of the church
Ernest de Sarzec (1832-1901), a French archaeologist credited for discovering proof of the Sumerian civilization made the excavations in modern-day Iraq. In 1877, evidence of earliest code of justice was found by Sarzec, issued by the Sumerian king Urukagina of Lagash ca 2300 BC. Perhaps the earliest prototype for a law of government, this document itself has not yet been discovered. Nevertheless, it allowed some rights to his citizens, for instance, it relieved tax for widows and orphans and protected
As the Roman Empire expanded to help govern it better it brought out the Western (old) Romans in Western Europe and the Eastern (new) Romans in Eastern Europe. Many in the west saw the east as Greeks, but the Eastern Romans saw themselves as the Roman Empire with its capital in Constantinople. Early on Emperor Constantine sought to keep the two united but as the fifth and sixth centuries rolled around they each had gone their separate ways. With chaos in the west, the east thrived after the west