The march of the millennia : a key to looking at history by Asimov Isaac 1920-1992 & White Frank 1944-

Author:Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992 & White, Frank, 1944-
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Technology and civilization, Civilization, Twenty-first century, Technik, Zivilisation, Geschichte, Prognose
Publisher: New York : Walker
Published: 1991-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

100 Isaac Asimov

Byzantine (East Roman) Empire at its peak

be a monarch interested only in war and spent fifty years engaged in fighting He inflicted devastating defeats on the Bulgarians and brought the entire Balkan peninsula under Byzantine control

By the year 1000, the Byzantine Empire had reached its zenith. It was still only a fragment of what the Roman Empire had been at its peak, but it was by far the strongest power in Europe. Its population was at least 11 million, larger than any nation in western Europe, and its military machine was much more effective.

What's more, Constantinople had become the largest and richest city in Europe, perhaps in the world It might have housed as many as 1 million inhabitants at this time Whereas culture had sunk to a low ebb in the west, which was still climbing out of the Dark Ages, Constantinople was still the repository of all the learning of the Greeks It boasted a large university and gifted scholars and was far more civilized than the primitive towns in the west

Christianity's

Influence

Grows

N THE TIME OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR AUGUSTUS, THE JEWS of Judea expectantly awaited a Messiah, and there were many candidates for the post One of these was Jesus of Nazareth, whose life is described in the Gospels of the New Testament The Jews were expecting a person who would not only lead them spiritually but also politically, liberating them from Roman rule. It was for this reason that descent from David loomed so large in determining who might be the Messiah, since he had been a successful king and empire builder

As a result, both the Romans and some of the Jewish leaders of the time found the messianic fervor of the people threatening According to the Bible, Jesus' influence increased rapidly, and many people began to follow him. When he came to Jerusalem with his disciples for Passover, there was great concern that he was about to lead another insurrection against Rome. Accordingly, he was seized, given a trial, and crucified for sedition, a typical Roman punishment for criminal activity.

For those who had believed in Jesus, it was a humiliating end to his ministry. It might well have been the end of his role, as it

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