In the beginning of Christianity‚ trade was considered sinful‚ while the Muslims thought trade was a lesson of appreciation and hard work. Christians had a strongly negative attitude towards the interaction between trade and merchants. Islamic people‚ however‚ had various different opinions on trade in comparison to the Christian religion. However‚ over time‚ the thoughts on trade and merchants shifted to a more negative point of view from both religions. The opinions from these religions were opposite
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Jessica Jacobovitz November 10‚ 2014 5th Period Christian and Muslim DBQ Throughout all of time the Christians and the Muslims have had views that sometimes run parallel and sometimes these views are perpendicular to each other‚ which make them collide and intersect. Both Christians and Islam are a monotheistic religion; they believe that there is one true god. In addition they also both believe in Jesus‚ however the Muslims do not view him as the son of God‚ but rather as the last prophet
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Merchant activity sustained the livelihood of all major civilizations throughout history. These activities went great distances in the fact that they supported governments and economies throughout the world in ancient and present civilizations. Even though merchant activity sustained life and the livelihood of strong civilizations‚ different religions from around the world viewed these activities differently. Typically‚ throughout the post-classical civilizations‚ negativity would be the best word
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urban areas in Muslim society played critical roles in religion because Muslim people had to make religious pilgrimages to Holy Cities such as Mecca and Jerusalem‚ trade because the cities had huge complexes which allowed trade to flourish‚ and cultural advancement because the cities were filled with a variety of different people as well as there were great advancement in education. Cities in Muslim society played a major role in religion because they were places where Muslims had to go to make
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Ryan Rojas 4/6/8 AP World History 3rd Period Muslim Nationalism DBQ Muslim leaders in North Africa and India saw the needs for nationalism in the Muslim areas and took on the issue of westernization as they saw right. A portion of Muslims wanted to welcome western ideas. And others didn’t want western ideas around‚ they thought they needed to be one in their own nations‚ not in the Nations of the west. Some saw westernization as a flawed idea or solution‚ and used parts of westernization
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DBQ: The attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward merchants and trade form the religion’s origins until about 1500. Christianity and Islam have been the two of world’s most greatest religions for several hundreds years. Obviously‚ these two religions developed their own unique points of view toward commerce and trading through ever-changing society and different eras. Christianity’s first view toward the merchants is negative because Christians perceived that rich men cannot enter the heaven though
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During the early modern age‚ three major Muslim empires controlled a large part of the land extending from eastern Europe and northern Africa to eastern India. All three of these dynasties had their roots in nomadic Turkish-speaking peoples of central Asia. These three Muslim empires shared similar political and cultural guidelines and traditions that their ancestors had adopted. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ these dynasties were the most dominant‚ by the eighteenth century
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plentiful‚ Islam was spreading‚ and the people were wealthy. The Muslim cities spread innovations throughout the world. The document groupings for the discussion of this topic are as follows: Documents 2‚ 1‚ and 5 are for city significance. Documents 3‚ 5‚ and 8 are for importance of trade. Finally‚ documents 4‚ 6‚ and 9 are for government and its role. Document 7 has been omitted due to the fact that it does not support my thesis. Muslim cities were abundant with knowledge‚ which they spread throughout
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DBQ Essay: Christian Muslim View of Merchant During the Post-Classical Era merchants played a key role in the foundations of societies. In its origins‚ Christianity viewed merchants negatively‚ whereas Islam saw the profession more positively‚ reflected in their religious documents; the two religions changed their views by 1500‚ Christianity becoming more positive and Islam negative‚ displayed in the authoritative opinions and actions of merchants. Religious documents in each religion reflect
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Period 9 DBQ Essay Merchants and traders have been extremely influential carriers of culture all throughout history. Whether or not they approved of it‚ both Christianity and Islam have been influenced by trade‚ helping the religions expand and gain more followers and power. Without trade‚ it is rather likely that the religions would not be as widespread as they are today‚ possibly never flourishing at all. Despite these facts‚ Christians and Muslims still
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