The year 622 brought a new challenge to Christianity. Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a prophet named Muhammad claimed he received a revelation that became a cornerstone of the Islamic faith. The Koran, which Muhammad wrote in Arabic, identified Jesus Christ not as God but as a prophet. Islam spread throughout the Middle East and into Europe until 732.Soon thereafter, European Christians began the Crusades, a campaign of violence against Muslims to dominate the Holy Lands—an area that extended from modern-day Turkey in the north along the Mediterranean coast to the Sinai Peninsula—under Islamic control, partially in response to sustained Muslim control in Europe. The city of Jerusalem is a holy site for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; evidence exists that the three religions lived there in harmony for centuries. But in 1095, European Christians decided not only to reclaim the holy city from Muslim rulers but also to conquer the entire surrounding area.
The Eastern and Western churches were split apart in the Great Schism which
happened in the year 1054.
C, had large slave populations
That is debatable because it can be argued that Athenian women led much more limited lives than Spartan women. However, for men, it may have been better in Athens because it was within Athens (during the Classical Period) that art, philosophy, literature and democracy flourished.
The Andes mountain was the geographical feature that presented an
obstacle to Simon Bolivars forces. Simon Bolivar was born on 24th July
1783 and he died on 17th December in the year 1830. He was born in a
very wealthy and an aristocrat family. He was a not only a
person belonging to the military of Venezuela, but he was also a
political leader who played a big role in getting independence from the
Spanish rule. At a tender age of 14, Bolivar saw his private
instructor running away from the country on charges of treachery. This led him to
join the military academy to learn the arts of fighting.