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Discuss the differences and similarities between Western (Roman Catholic) Christianity, Eastern (Orthodox) Christianity, and Islam.

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Read Niccol Machiavelli (1469-1527) The Prince (in its entirety). Answer the following question in a one-page paper: Citing specific evidence from Machiavelli’s The Prince (not from the textbo

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1. In what ways did the new science of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo challenge not only the Aristotelian cosmos–foundation of all medieval science–but also the claims of the church? 2. H