It's what the secularized culture now uses instead of BC which means Before Christ and AD Anno Domini which translates to In the year of Our Lord. It's ridiculous that they changed it :/
Explanation: I looked it up it says it might be true but I don't know go with your gut feeling I guess
Chinese is originally traditional .During the Reform and Opening Up , the government eargerly promoted edu and desperately wanted to increase the literacy rate of the country . However , as many ppl. do not know how to read and write , traditional chinese seems so difficult for them to learn .Therefore , the government modified it into simplified chinese and the government hope that by making chinese easier to read and write for them , the literacy rate of the country can increase faster .
*places like Hong Kong and Taiwan still uses traditional chinese .
This is a bit of a complicated question, while the church SAID that they where trying to reclaim the holy land, but it was actually mostly started for political reasons.
Muslims and Christians actually got along fairly well in the 8th century. But with the Battle of Manzikert, the tension increased with the empire. Not to mention at this time the holy roman empire (HRE) had a large controversy, where people wondered if the catholic church of the HRE had the right to appoint clerics and other church officials.
This all lead to an increase in care in religion and with propaganda of a "just war" being spread around by the Papacy the war was inevitable.
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To completely change the relationship between the rulers and those they governed and to redefine the nature of political power. Liberty, equality and fraternity.
