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Western Civilization I / Unit 18   WC1 1731 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Join: East and West, Divided and Reconnected

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The idea

The Schism of ten fifty-four split the churches; the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople in twelve oh four; yet Cordoba and Sicily carried Arab learning west, Aristotle came back through them, and Greek scholars fled to Italy before fourteen fifty-three.

In practice

Entries 0816, 0834, 1007 and 1030.

Where people slip

Division and transmission ran at once. The exam asks both.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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