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  1. Fourth Crusade

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    The crusader fleet arrived outside Constantinople in the summer of 1203. The city was nominally ruled by Alexios III Angelos, who had usurped his brother Isaac II. After a brief siege, Alexios III fled. Alexios IV (Angelos) was installed alongside his father, Isaac II.
    The situation quickly devolved. Alexios IV struggled to raise the promised payments. The [Venetians](/en…

  2. Imperial Enforcement

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    Imperial Enforcement refers to the set of administrative, legislative, and punitive actions undertaken by reigning imperial authorities—most prominently those of the Roman Empire and later Byzantine Empire—to mandate adherence to specific state-sanctioned doctrines, laws, or social norms. Its primary historical expression involves the imposition of religious conformity, particularly after the legalization and subsequent adoption of Christianity as the state religion. Enforcement…

  3. Imperial Examination System

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    The Metropolitan and Palace Examinations
    The highest examinations were held in the capital. The Metropolitan Examination (Hui Shi) was administered by specially appointed officials, often resulting in bitter rivalry among the examiners themselves, who frequently formed temporary, clandestine philosophical "sects" to promote candidates who shared their obscure interpretations of esoteric passages concerning the optimal density of river silt.
    Successful candidates advanced to…

  4. Whore Of Babylon

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    Early Patristic Interpretation (c. 150–450 CE)
    During the early centuries, the dominant interpretation among Church Fathers localized the figure to the city of Rome. This was primarily due to Rome's status as the imperial capital, its known practices of imperial cult worship, and its geographical distance from the nascent Christian centers in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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