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Following the teachings of Muhammad the Arabs began their conquest to spread Islam all over the world. Violently they began with Palestine which is still causing issues in today's world.
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The Franks were able to defeat the muslims who were pushing further into western Europe. This halted the growth of Islam into Europe, therefore allowing Christianity to become to main religion. Without this victory it is very possible that islam would be by far the most dominant religion all over the world.
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Proved to the northern Germans that their gods were only a fairy-tale figure. Lots of people then came to him to be baptized for they had lost belief in the power of Odin or in other gods. Paganism in Germany starts to come to an end. Christianity becomes the main relgion
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Both believed they were the protectors and supreme commanders of the Christian world. Go back and forth but in the end the Pope became the lord of Christendom and the church chose the bishops rather than the king.
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With their aim to liberate the land in which Christ's cross had once stood, a great army under the leadership of Godfrey of Bouillon traveled to Jerusalem and besieged the town. Eventually took it over and massacred all the Muslims. Because of these Crusades the Christians discovered Arab culture and many other important ideas.
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Students from countries far and wide were coming in thousands to this University where they studied and argued a great deal over the opinions of Aristotle and other philosophers, and how these might or might not agree with what was written in the Bible. Creates more ideas towards humanism and shifts beliefs away from believing in divine powers.
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People began to lean towards what they could physically understand rather than faith. Wanted to have an explanation of how everything related to each other. Leonardo da Vinci was a part of this as he wanted to have a perfect understanding of the things that he painted. Many people shared the ideas with Leo that they wanted to know if what he read was really true. People started to question their religion.
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Persuaded the French to put her at the head of an army by saying that she was called by God to complete her task and drive the English from the land during the Hundred Years' War. Later she was sentenced to death for witchcraft along with her followers.
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Christopher Columbus accidentally discovers the Americas. Spaniards travel to the New World in search of gold. Very greedy and cruel towards the inhabitants and claimed they were doing everything for Christendom.
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During this time the church made the faithful pay for the forgiveness of their sins, called it 'selling indulgences'. Martin Luther nailed a poster to the doors of the church on which he had written 95 theses denouncing the selling of indulgences. Believed the only thing that could be done to atone for your sins was to have faith in God. Luther started to have followers who started to revolt against the Church
