11 ISLAM 570 C.E. – 1500 C.E. SUBMISSION TO ALLAH: MUSLIM CIVILIZATION BRIDGES THE WORLD COMMENTARY The thesis of Chapter 11 is clearly stated by Howard Spodek on page 334: “Islam was not only a faith‚ not only a system of government‚ not only a social and cultural organization‚ but a combination of all four.” This‚ it might be argued‚ could be said about any of the “world religions” during at least some stage of their development‚ but is perhaps more true of Islam than the others‚ owing
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|Social |The Silk Road separates China from Europe and Western Asia. It was a very dangerous route. Much of it| | |is taken up by the Taklimakan desert‚ one of the most hostile environments. There is almost no | | |vegetation‚ and very little rainfall. Sandstorms were very common‚ and killed many people. | |Political |The western end of the trade route developed earlier than the eastern end‚
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With the fall of Rome‚ Western Europe was in shambles compared to its eastern counterpart. Roman influence would hold in some aspects‚ but things would change. Leaders would emerge to influence its culture. Religion would maintain a major role and influence. Rome’s fall would affect the outcome of Western Europe and its development. The Roman Empire started in 27 BCE to 476 CE (The Legacy of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages in the West‚ 2012). It was in 476 CE when Rome was conquered by a German
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Religion and Economy in Medieval Europe and Japan Social Hierarchy after Urbanization Religion did not have as much of an impact on daily life and the overall development of Japan as it did Europe. For instance the maximum of the wars were fought for wealth or power‚ not religion‚ but what it did do was influence certain features. The people in Japan stuck to their original Shinto religion when Buddhism was involuntary forced on them‚ but soon after they discovered Zen Buddhism; a practice that was
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and those of his successors‚ bring together various worlds? Zoom -middle-east to goods of Mediterranean‚ money based economy‚ and greek ideas -plunder made economic expansion in med. -Selecus‚ Ptolemy‚ Antigonus‚ Lysimachus‚ and others divided empire -syria(selucids)‚ Macedonia(Antigonids)‚ Egypt(Ptolemies) -fierce competition through international relations Hide Insert Card 2 Zoom Describe the influence of Hellenism on societies outside Greek homeland during this time period
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A Comparative Study of Western and Chinese Religion “Religion is the belief in and worship of a god or gods‚ or more in general a set of beliefs explaining the existence of and giving meaning to the universe‚ usually involving devotional and ritual observances‚ and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.” (wekipedia) Religions vary from place to place due to different culture backgrounds.Throughout our studies‚we’ve met religions like Christianity‚Judaism‚Buddhism
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Magdalena Bannholzer‚ 2535937 The Dark Side of a United Europe: Growing Right Parties in Western Europe The European Union is an economic‚ political and partial monetary union of 28 member states with a common market. This common market is primarily characterized by the abolition of obstacles in
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The Fall of the Western Roman Empire The Western Roman Empire had many political problems that led them to their downfall. Many of the emperors of Rome were not good for the empire because they did not know how to rule correctly. Few of the emperors did well for the empire and were not greedy. Most of them did not know how to rule because they just inherited power‚ even if they hurt the Empire there was no way to replace them‚ because of this some of the Praetorian Guards assassinated the emperors
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The Roman and Byzantine empires are widely regarded as two of the most powerful empires in human history. With large religious empires comes large extravagant architecture. The Pantheon‚ a temple created for the worship of the many Roman Gods was built by the emperor Hadrian in Rome from 118 to 125 CE. The Hagia Sophia was built by the emperor Justinian as a Christian church in Constantinople during the Byzantine Empire from 532 to 537 CE. The Hagia Sophia was designed by Anthemius of Tralles‚ a
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire The fall of the Western Roman Empire was caused by many internal forces within the empire as well as brute military invasions from the outside. The Roman government had hard times controlling the declining economy and the ever growing population of the Western Roman Empire. As their own economy began to suffer‚ so did their military as well as its pride. The military crumbling as well as the decaying economy were not the only things that accounted for the fall
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