Ap World History Dbq Christianity
Unit 6 DBQ
When thinking about the history of the world, one must always consider that merchants as well as trade have played an immerse role in shaping the world as it is today. They are responsible for many of the cross-cultural interactions that we have had in the past. Christianity and Islam, the two predominant religions of the world today, have both grown and spread through merchants and trade also. These two chief religions both have attitudes towards merchants and trade that have either developed or decreased overtime. According to these documents, from up to the year 1500, Christianity went from a negative view of merchants and trade to a positive view while Islam went from a positive view to a negative view, but both sides imposed on a sense of honesty.
In the beginning of Christianity at about 70-80 CE, they had a very negative approach toward merchants (Doc. 1). Christianity's shift from a negative view to a positive view is a demonstrated in documents 1, 3, 4, and 6. Document 1 states that no rich man can enter the kingdom of heaven. This is indirectly stating that merchants cheat people and it's not a worthy profession. The author specifically enforces this statement by saying that hypothetically, it is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of god. This document also demonstrated bias because it shows the strong dislike for merchants. The author's point of view in this document is evident that merchants were not appreciated nor did they have any value in the society. In contrast, document 3 describes the life of a Christian monk in 1170 and how he brought goods for cheap prices in lands where there was less demand for them and went to places where there was more demand and sold it for a much higher price, thus making a very lucrative profit. This document I different from document 1 because of merchants and trade. Document 3 changes from not allowing merchants in heaven into saying that
When thinking about the history of the world, one must always consider that merchants as well as trade have played an immerse role in shaping the world as it is today. They are responsible for many of the cross-cultural interactions that we have had in the past. Christianity and Islam, the two predominant religions of the world today, have both grown and spread through merchants and trade also. These two chief religions both have attitudes towards merchants and trade that have either developed or decreased overtime. According to these documents, from up to the year 1500, Christianity went from a negative view of merchants and trade to a positive view while Islam went from a positive view to a negative view, but both sides imposed on a sense of honesty.
In the beginning of Christianity at about 70-80 CE, they had a very negative approach toward merchants (Doc. 1). Christianity's shift from a negative view to a positive view is a demonstrated in documents 1, 3, 4, and 6. Document 1 states that no rich man can enter the kingdom of heaven. This is indirectly stating that merchants cheat people and it's not a worthy profession. The author specifically enforces this statement by saying that hypothetically, it is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of god. This document also demonstrated bias because it shows the strong dislike for merchants. The author's point of view in this document is evident that merchants were not appreciated nor did they have any value in the society. In contrast, document 3 describes the life of a Christian monk in 1170 and how he brought goods for cheap prices in lands where there was less demand for them and went to places where there was more demand and sold it for a much higher price, thus making a very lucrative profit. This document I different from document 1 because of merchants and trade. Document 3 changes from not allowing merchants in heaven into saying that