Key words for Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Nubian Christianity: it was in Nubian Kingdom and it was in fifth and sixth century in several kingdoms in south Egypt, where the faith had been introduced by Egyptian traders and missioners. Parts of the Bible were translated into the Nubian languages. A great cathedral in the Nubian city of Faras was decorated with magnificent mural. And the earlier practice of burying servants to provide for rulers in the afterlife stopped abruptly. And kings were like priests. Nubian armies twice defeated Arab incursions. Jesus Sutras: The Jesus Sutras are early Chinese language manuscripts of Christian teachings. They described God as a Cool wind and good life as one have no desire and on action. And people can live only by dwelling in living breath of God and Jesus said that all Buddhas are moved by this wind, which blows everywhere in the world. Ethiopian Christianity: They were different from other Christianities. Rulers of Axum had adopted Christianity in the fourth century and it spread among people and during the Islam expansion, they became Christian Island in a Muslim sea and they were protected by mountains and they were far from Islamic power. Because of Islam, Ethiopia lost connection with Other Christians. King Solomon sedurces the queen of Ethiopia and had a child and he became the founding monarch of the Ethiopian state. They created underground churches. Byzantium Empire did not have any starting point. And had a capital and it was Constantinople and when the Roman Empire divided, the eastern part was Byzantium and it was richer and more urbanized and more popular than western empire. And the Constantinople has most defensible wall and they were near the Black sea and they have strong army and good merchant and the capital became the new Rome. Caesaropapism: contained from Caesar which was a head of state and the pope which is the head of church and they treated the church as a place of government and they took decision about doctrine. And this was popular in Byzantium Empire. And they also decided about who will be the leader. Icon: Kievan Rus: It was Russia and it was modest state and named by Kiev city and they developed by trade and they connected Scandinavia and Byzantium and it was led by princes of Kiev. This place was a place for both slaves and free people and women should be the subordinate of men. They has many gods and deities. They had a prince and made connection with world and his name was price Vladimir and first he considered Islam, Judaism, and Christianity but he chose the Orthodox because they had wine and rejected Islam because Islam banned Wine. Holy Roman Empire: Otto I of Saxony gathered much of Germany under his control, saw himself as renewing Roman rule, and was likewise invested with the title of emperor by the pope. Otto ‘kingdom, subsequently known as the Holy Roman Empire, was largely limited to Germany and soon proved little more than a collection of quarreling principalities. Roman Catholic: It is hierarchical organization of popes, bishops, priests, and monasteries and it was modeled on that of the Roman Empire and took over some of its political, administration, educational, and welfare functions. Latin continued as the language of the Church even as it gave way to various vernacular languages in common speech. Literacy in the classical languages of Greek and Latin remained the hallmark of educated people in the West well into twentieth century. Crusades: A series of Holy wars that captured the imagination of Western Christendom for several centuries, beginning in 1095 and in European thinking, Crusades were wars undertaken at God’s command and authorized by the pope a the Vicar of Christ on earth. Crusades were made to destroy any threat on Christen. In the Middle East, they were against Muslims and they attacked on Jews. They fought against Muslims in Jerusalem.
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