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Tyler Rogers  The religions of Christianity and Islam both stem from Judaism.  Jewish history begins with the covenant established between God and Abraham around 1812 BC, during the Bronze Age, in the Middle East. Abraham is considered the father of the family of Jews. Moses is also an important figure as he gave the JewsContinue reading “Blog #6 Islam and Christianity”

The video game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is set in the year 431 BC and based on the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. In the video game you fight for the Delian League, led by Athens, or the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. The video game Assassins Creed as accurate and inaccurate historical features basedContinue reading “Blog #5 Ancient History in Modern Media”

During the time Christianity began to rise, the Roman Empire depended heavily on religion. The main religion for the roman empire was polytheistic, the Romans believed in multiple gods and goddesses. Christianity only believed in one god and did not believe in praying down to the Roman Emperor.  The rapid growth of Christianity appealed toContinue reading “Blog #4: Christianity Through the Lens of Polytheism”

Tyler Rogers Alexander and Philip II were both prominent rulers of Greece. Philip II ruled before Alexander and with his great use of alliances and military tactics granted him with territory and an increase to Macedonia’s wealth. Once Philip II was assassinated by his bodyguard, Pausanias, his son Alexander the Great stepped in to leadContinue reading “Modern Alexanders”

Tyler Rogers Thucydides wrote “What made war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.” The term that was used for the fear by Athens over Sparta was “Thucydides Trap”.  A Thucydides trap is when a rising empire or government power causes fear to another empire or governmentContinue reading “Blog #2: Thucydides Trap”