Differences Between Caliphat And Persians

The persians and the Islamic Caliphates had many things in common but also had many things that were different. The first and biggest continuity was that both had religious tolerance but the Islamic Caliphates put a tax on their religious tolerance. Another big Continuity was they both expanded into huge empires but the Islamic Caliphates focused on expanding through education not conquering. Their downfalls showed that their differences hurt and helped their rise and fall. The first continuity was how both the Islamic Caliphates and the Persians were religious tolerant. Religious tolerance means that even after they conquered a people they allowed them to convert to that religion or keep their religion. This was very popular with many empires because people felt less forced to convert and that they were free to continue their religion. This was very helpful because people had less rebellions over religion and many people of different religions got along. The Islamic Caliphates had a
Expanding your population and your empire was a very important task back then. The bigger you were the more power you held, and the more people you had the more people were willing to defend that empire. So the more people you had the bigger your military was to defend that empire. More people were willing to fight for their families and their homes. They were not sure if they would be treated in the same way as the Persians and the Islamic Caliphates treated them. However this was the opposite for the Islamic Caliphates. The Islamic Caliphates believed in expanding through education not through conquering like the Persians did. They believed that knowledge is power and that having a bigger army did not mean you were powerful. They felt the being educated was a better weapon then killing others. They believed in enlightening people rather than expanding their empires quickly and