Changes And Continuities In The Spread Of Christianity And Eurasia

The Byzantines had a major impact on Christianity. "The Byzantines withstood years of siege by the Arabs hitherto considered irresistible, and in doing so … saved Western Civilization." (A Short History of Byzantium, Document A). There were early attacks on Constantinople that the Byzantines were able to hold off. In holding off the various attacks, the Byzantines kept Western Civilization Christian instead of it being converted to Muslim. The Christian Church of Constantinople and the Christian Church of Rome also split due to an argument over some spiritual interpretations of the Bible. If it was not for the Byzantines most of Western Civilization would be Muslim and not Christian.

The Islam religion, believed by Muslims, has spread across the globe at rapid speeds. Muhammad ibn Abdullah started the religion. The religion began in Mecca. The religion was made known in 610 CE. The two major themes of the religion are “Allah is the one God” and the importance of charity. The religion spread throughout Mecca and into India, Spain, East Africa and China. Within 100 years of Muhammad’s death, it had reached Europe and Asia. What are some reasons that the religion spread so quickly? Islam spread at such a fast rate due to trade, conquest, and law.

The Islamic religion spreaded quickly because of trade. Based on the fact, that Islam had trade over many empires. Corresponding to the map on Document A, “ Adding from the profits of caravans was a brisk pilgrimage trade, for Mecca was the site of Arabia 's holiest shrine. In addition, the holy city, Mecca was the main site for trade. According to the map, followed by Document C, ”Mecca, the holy city, had military campaigns and was in the middle of Arabia, near the coastlines.” Ultimately, Arabs transported goods to market places. Document A state 's,”Vast camel trains, bearing species, perfume, precious metals, ivory and silk, filed through the town, headed north on the way from Yemen … to the

There were various topics covered throughout Chapter 16 of Patterns of World History: Volume One: to 1600, which focused on the European expansion as well as the Ottoman Habsburg conflicts. First, apocalyptic beliefs were spreading across Europe and began to inspire Europeans to explore and conquer the non Christian world. Second, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella enacted various political and religious reforms during their reign in Spain. Lastly, conflicts between Christians and Muslims in Eastern Europe was beginning to boil over into armed conflicts and conquest. All in all, each of these components greatly shaped the world through the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula, the European voyages to the Americas and Africa, and the Ottoman incursions

The societies of West Africa, Europe, and North America exhibited similarities and differences in their religious beliefs, values, and government systems. These contrasts and similarities were further made apparent during European expansion across the Atlantic and the subsequent new cross cultural interactions that were created.

Christians believe that if you follow the bible, do not sin, and follow God, all that you need will be provided for you, according to the New Testament of the Christian Bible, from Matthew 5 (Doc. 9). As said in an excerpt from Genesis 17 of the Old Testament (Doc. 10), God came down to a man named Abram, made his the father of many nations, ones that are fruitful and with many kings, re-named him Abraham, and made of of his descendants gods, with the land of Canaan, and him as their god. The impact of Christianity on Rome was both the ease of travel and single language introduced by the Roman Empire helped the Christians to rapidly spread the word of God. They built more roads for this. Judaism has a wide array of beliefs, based on the individual. Many of them share the same monotheistic convictions, like Christianity and Islam. A summary of core Jewish beliefs, is the “13 Articles of Faith”, put together by rabbi Maimonides in the 12th-century. In short, the articles convey that there is one unique God, who will reward the good and punish the wicked, Moses was the greatest of the prophets, the messiah will come, and the dead will be

Christianity and Islam were two very different religions, both of these religions had a different belief systems and the way they lived was different due to their beliefs. But they did have some similarities, such as both being monotheistic, believing in prophets and were both found from the Jewish faith. In addition, both of these religions were very dominant and grew a lot throughout each century; have been the world’s greatest religions for hundreds of years. The religions established their own ways toward commerce and trading. Christians had their own negative beliefs as to why merchants weren’t as valuable; Muslims had positive points toward trade because Muhammad, their founder was a wealthy merchant. From the origin of Christian and Islamic religion to about 1500 C.E., these two religions had differentiations and similar point of views at one point toward merchants and trade, but as time flew Christians started to think more positively towards trade

Islam is a religion that controls their follower's daily lives. It quickly spread throughout many large and small civilizations all throughout the world. Two civilizations that Islam affected were the Byzantine Empire and China. The Byzantine empire was the section of Rome that remained after the fall of Rome and was a very successful civilization in its time. During the rise of Christianity, the Byzantine empire became a Christian-based civilization and used the church to solve its political and economic problems that sprang up after the fall of Rome. Similar to the Byzantine Empire, China was very successful before Islam. The main difference was that China remained successful all throughout the spread of Islam while the Byzantine Empire

The Middle East is a place that was the birthplace for many cultures and religions such as Christianity and Islam. As they expanded from this region, both of these religions had good impact on history. However, Christianity and Islam have their similarities in religious beliefs and their differences in expansion between the two religions. Within the time period c. 600 CE to 1250 CE and 1st century to 1000 CE Islam and Christianity began to spread around the world. The two religions spread socially and economically similar but politically different. While both Islam and Christianity were spread Christianity had more governments in control than Islam.

Islam is the second biggest religion and fastest growing in the world today. Islam is a religion that Muslims follow and is a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the prophet of Allah. For Muslims, Muhammad is the last prophet and Abraham is the patriarch of the Qur’an, Bible and Torah. Islam is followed by over a billion people and Muslims make up approximately one quarter of the world’s population. Islam spread quickly during the 600’s trade, choice, and conquest.

Christianity is virtually everywhere you look. It is part of the United States Government founding documents and our legal system. It can be found on our currency “In God We Trust” and our calendars. We mark the passage time in the world as either BC or AD. AD is Latin for (anno Domini) which means in the year of our Lord. The Bible is the most printed book of all time with 5 billion copies printed and the Qur’an is third with 2 billion copies per the Guinness Book of World Records. Christianity is the largest religion in the world with 2.2 billion followers and its ideology is intertwined in every aspect of the western world. Islam is the second largest religion with 1.6 billion followers

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.

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

Christians enriched Roman theology and art through cultural interactions. Culture was dramatically changed due to the transformation of religion to Christianity. Emperors constructed many new temples in honor of Christianity. The architecture puts a greater emphasis on the interior and the meaningful visuals instead of the exterior like they used to do. Churches provided social services like schooling and medical care. Churches also inspired art, culture, philosophy, and influential people in politics and religion. It preserved Roman literacy after the fall of the Roman Empire. Christianity added Easter and Christmas as the traditional holidays in Rome. In addition, many catholic artists and music composers created masterpieces that were admired for a long time. Although Buddhism had many great teachings, it did not dramatically change the Chinese culture. Only a few Buddhist centers survived after the invasion of Muslim armies. On the contrast, Christian churches preserved and spread Christian teachings and the achievements of Greco-Roman civilization. This laid the foundation for future development of the western civilization. The history of Christianity is inseparable from the history of western culture and of western

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.