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3 major shifts that occurred that had large effects on Western Civilization

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  • Cultural leadership moved north from the Mediterranean to France, Germany, and the British Isles
  • Christianity triumphed over paganism and barbarism
  • Emphasis shifted from the here-and-now to the hereafter and with it from the body as beautiful to the body as corrupt
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byzantine art

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  • eastern Mediterranean are from A.D. 330
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mosaics

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  • were intended to publicize the now-official Christian creed
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Hagia Sophia

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  • means holy wisdom
  • Emperor Justinian ordered its building
  • took 400 years

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