Religion and its various ideologies played a key role in advancing the authority of the Ottoman and Catholic Europe; it also influenced the way they confronted outside powers and people from other religions. The Ottomans where an Islamic ruled empire which brought about a certain ideology that gave them the God given rights to the earth. Catholic Europe also had this ideology from where God gave Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven and endowed upon them earth as well (Matt 16: 19). The catholic church in Europe seemed to have their hands in the cookie jar of European Medieval Government and some what controlled the kings and nobles. On the other hand, the Ottoman Empire was completely controlled by Islamic warriors. These two ideologies
The world was and continues to be an ever-changing place. This was true in 1250 and 1450 B.C.E. Between those two times, many changes happened that would affect the world permanently, whether it be good or bad. Western Europe was facing a time of great economic change, with the founding of many systems that are still used today. In the Middle East, power dynamics were shifting with the fall of the Byzantine Empire and Islamic caliphate.
During the High Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had tremendous power and influence in all aspects of Western Civilization. This includes political power in which the church had a very close relationship with European monarchs. However, two kingdoms, England and Spain, began to carve out distinctive paths away from the church compared to other major European powers at the time. England underwent major reforms that transferred power from the clergy to the people. Under King James I of Spain, the monarchy increased its power and independence from the church.
However (Duiker, World History, 453), the Ottoman empire had Janissaries, their non-Muslim elite army (Busbecq, “Letters”)and the exclusive use of women slaves to reproduce their royal heirs which made them unique from the Safavid and the Mughal empires (Duiker, World History,
Prior to 1550, the European continent was dominated by Catholicism and had been for centuries. However, Protestantism first introduced by Martin Luther had begun to make inroads in the Holy Roman Empire and Nordic countries. Despite the growing popularity of these new religions, the majority of monarchs saw religious diversity as a weakness. Instead, most rulers pursued Religious uniformity to ensure political stability and strength. Examples of monarchs attempting to achieve religious university abound from Charles V in the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, to Rome, and to England.
With the mistakes and failures of the Ottoman Empire, such individuals applied different strategies in the governance while in the Mughal Empire. Since Islam was the dominant religion in the Ottoman Empire, young boys were converted to Islam to train for war, while in the Mughal Empire they created their faith as a leisure pursuit, so everyone training for war exercised their freedom to worship wherever they preferred (pg 499-501). The Ottoman Empire soldiers soon gave in to their rivals causing their defeat. On the other hand, since the soldiers in The Mughal Empire had the freedom to choose their religion, they felt respected and fought to victory at all encounters with their enemies. Inner dissatisfaction in the Mughal Empire that led to its crumbling was because of poor administrative techniques; whereas, in the Ottoman Empire it was because of domination by contenders in the most highly populated areas and taking over power (pg
It also recruited christians to fight for the empire, it gave them an education, and converted them to Islam. These incentives made some christians be drafted to receive these benefits. This management of religion and army helped prevent internal strife, rebellion and made the empire successful. Another thing our group talked about was what Ottomans did to prevent rebellion. Which lead us to inspect their careful management of religions and other nomadic tribes through political power.
At the beginning of Era change, religion became the deciding factor of ruling. The Roman Catholic Church ruled the anarchy in Europe. Monks, Popes were key roles in power, during this time period. It was very similar to the way Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Islam restrained civilizations in Asia. Christianity now served as the basic unifying force that held together the new European civilization.
Prior to the 16th century all of Europe was Catholic. Because of the Protestant Reformation during the 16th, 17th, and 18th century, more religious minorities came about throughout Europe. This led to the French Wars of religion and to the topic of religious toleration, how much religious freedom the religious minorities should have. Some people had arguments and performed practices, both for and against religious toleration, some did it for personal gain and others for the concern of society.
Throughout history, there have been many significant events that have affected the world in different ways, one being the invention of Christianity. The role of Christianity has been complexly tangled with the history and formation of the western civilization. Christianity has affected the world in many ways, but most noticeably through politics by diminishing the power of Roman authority, society by affecting the way Roman citizens live, and religion by stopping the progression of Islam. First, the invention of Christianity had a huge effect on the politics of the western civilization.
The Ottoman and Mughal empires both used Islam in their culture, economy, wars, and society. It influenced their art, the way they treated non-Muslims, their motivations for war. It is important to note that both empires were influenced differently by their majority religion. However, both the Ottomans and Mughals were heavily influenced as Islam was a major part of everyday life from the art to the bureaucracy.
All empires in history had a high in their history but they all eventually came to their demise. The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty both had ways they gained, consolidated and maintained their power while they were at their highest point. They had significant leaders that lead to these successful points. The Ottoman Empire covered parts of Asia, Europe and Africa controlled by their leader named Suleiman.
Religion had a role in every part of the region whether it be big or small. Another time when religion had impacted a colony or country was when Henry VIII had impacted Europe by creating an unstable connection between the church. He cut his connection with the church in order to divorce his wife Catherine. Now at this point in time whoever was the ruler of England would be able to change the main religion. This caused rebellions between religions on which is more important and which should be the main religion of England.
The Influence of Religion The Gutenberg printing press, which printed the very first Bible in 1445, helped spread religion throughout the Holy Roman Empire, and other regions. The spread of the Bible caused perspectives to change regarding religion which led to the rebellion of peasants. It can be argued that religion had nothing to do with the revolt of peasants, however, the different point of views of whether or not peasants should be treated the same caused the peasant uprising in Germany from 1524 to 1525. Religion helped the peasants realize they should not be held as serfs anymore.
Christianity is arguably one of the the most influential and important aspects that originated in western civilization. The religion started out as a small sect of Judaism and a man named Jesus spreading his word with a few followers. For centuries, Christians in Rome endured persecution and secret worship. With the appeal of eternal salvation and the hierarchy of the church, Christianity gradually spread, began to rise, and eventually became the prominent religion in Rome. Today, Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world.
Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, with 2.1 Billion and 1.3 Billion followers respectively. Each had their own rise, golden age, and eventual large-scale split. However, each religion spread in different regions of the world in different ways and developed their own traditions and structures. Christianity and Islam have similarities such as a large-scale split and a history of spreading through popular trade routes, while simultaneously having many differences such as where the two religions spread, the methods in which they spread, and the structure of their religious leaderships. One of the primary differences between the spread of Islam and Christianity is the directions in which they spread.