... to remove large stones from fields for planting, and these stones would be used to build temples of worship. There were three stages in this time: 1, emergence, 2, fluorescence, and 3, decline. This age is also known as the copper age because this is the age when copper is beginning to be smelted. Next, art is found in Egypt. Art was considered very important to ... Egyptians. Egypt is known as the "grandmother- of western art and civilization. In 2650 BC, a stepped pyramid was built at Saqqara for King ... sculpture. Much of the art was in the form of a mosaic, which used pebbles or til...

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... A.D., played a crucial role in challenging the church's authority. The pope identifying the spread of Islam as evil requested all of Europe embark on a "Crusade" to defeat the infidels. As the battles were fought, great treasures were found in the form of books and knowledge. These books were crude translations of old Greek texts, containing information which would eventually produce the waning of Church authority in the future. The Renaissance marked the beginning of intellectual re-birth. Writers such ... D' Tat is supreme especially in terms of the church belligerence. In the middle ...

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... , artisans, philosophers and many teachers. This intermingling and teaching of the people was the beginning of the Hellenization of the world. The building of these cities also enhanced international trade, communications and the spread of Hellenism. After he liberated the Egyptians from Persian rule they made him Pharaoh. Alexandria, one of his best-known cities, was built in Egypt. Alexander the Great also named the King of Kings; reign lasted only thirteen years due to his premature ... raise the level of education of the clergy, so they could properly teach the Christian faith. He bu...

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... western Europe and the decline of the Anglican church. The Pope wanted to unify the British Isles under one set of traditions. Both the Irish and Latin churchmen attended and pleaded their positions at what was called the Synod of Whitby. This meeting resulted on the agreement of one unifying calendar and the denunciation of Saint Patrick as equal to the Pope. Another famous Benedictine monk was the Englishman Saint Boniface (675-755). Beginning in 716 ... . Teachers were recruited from all over Europe with this flurry of activity leading to a new interest in learning called the Caroling...

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