History of Western civilization AS405

Running head:WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1
History of Western Civilization
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WESTREN CIVILIZATION 2
Introduction
Western civilization has a long history and traces its development from the
Mediterranean and Europe. It has been linked to the medieval Christendom that emerged in
the middle ages and the emergence of the Roman Empire. The transformational periods
occurred in periods of middle Ages such as the Renaissance, the industrial revolution, the
Reformation periods, the Enlightenment periods, the scientific periods and the development
of a liberal democracy. The Greek civilization and the classical Ancient Rome kingdom are
considered seminal periods in western civilization and history (Embree, & Gluck, 2015).
Influences by the Roman Catholicism, Christianity and other significant religious
contributions also played a prominent role in shaping the western civilization and cultures.
Behind all these events are famous people who played major role in revolutionary civilization
of culture. The fall of Rome in the fifth century and the middle ages was inspired by some of
the people who will be mentioned in this report.
Alexander III( 1105-1196)
Alexander III was born in 1105 in Siena Rome with the original name of Rolando
Bandinelli. He was the pope from the year 1159- 1181 during which the Roman empire had
started being influenced by the Catholicism. He was known as a vigorous exponent of the
powerful papal authority dearly against the challenges and barriers that were put by the Holy
Roman emperor Frederick Barbarossa and the king of England by then Henry II (Graham,
2017). In his rule of the church, Alexander stood in the reform of tradition and law. His main
concern was for education which witnessed the development of early education with