Sarina Davidson AP World History 7th Pd. 10 / 28 / 12 During the post classical era there was the break and fall of various different classical empires, there was the spread of great world religions, there was a medieval world, there was a renaissance, but most importantly there was the growth of trade and interaction. One of the main reasons why our world has evolved is because of trade. Trade works so well because different regions and give and take. The Islamic world had the rise and role of Dar al-Islam that was a way of unifying cultural and economic forces in Eurasia and Africa.
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, European imperialism radically changed the boundaries inside the continents of Africa and Asia incorporating them into their developing colonial empire. This was the same scenario for British imperialism in India. Over time, the colony and colonizer’s opinion on imperialism evolves, as both experience the downside and upside of colonialism. Britain, mother country of India, had benefitted very much from their colony and dramatically improved the quality of life in India. (doc1) (doc4) Through India, Britain was able to obtain tropical produce for their citizens.
Also this gave the civilians that were conquered adaptability to the religion. Unlike the Christians, who converted their conquered civilians by force. Another method that Islam gradually spread was through the use of one of their main pillars pilgrimage. Coming back from Makah, pilgrims would bring back the knowledge and the wisdom. Therefore this shows a passive method of spread, which encouraged the individuals in their homelands to convert to Islam.
European Imperialism Position Essay In the nineteenth century European Imperialism began in Africa. This means that European countries wanted to extend their power into Africa. (www.dictionary.com, Web.) The main reasons for this to happen were that Africa was a good market for manufactured goods to be sold at high prices. It was also an abundant source of raw materials and the Suez Canal could be a beneficial way to transport them.
Islamic Empire The Islamic empire expanded to one of history’s largest empires between 650 and 1000 (Craig 298). This was due to factors and components such as military prowess, Islamic society ideals and ‘the abode submission,’ religion, and politics (Craig 296-298). Military prowess was one of them most important abilities of the Islamic empire that enabled the expansion of the empire. This expansion was due to the weakness of the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanids, as a result of “chronic warfare with one another (Craig 297).” The specially trained caliphs and field generals were another part of the success of the Islamic conquest. This is significant factor because military prowess led to the growth of Islam and made it an important figure in history.
With the extra increase in slaves, they had the choice of using the extra labor force or selling slaves to other land owners. 13 As America began to grow, profits became the main drive for slavery. Europeans noticed that America was a goldmine, filled with sugar and cotton, thus causing many Europeans to move. In order to maximize profits, you needed labor. Slavery was the
DBQ Islam cities In the postclassical Islam world, cities played major roles in creating the first global civilization, Islam. They played a huge part in trade and in religion, while providing people with a safe place to live, and promoting the general welfare. These cities were the roots of the Arab peninsula, and helped shape the modern day Middle East. The cities were located along trade routes, and served as checkpoints for traders and merchants during their travels. These cities were centers for trade and home to very diverse populations as Marco Polo explains in document six.
When Mongols captured Baghdad and killed the last Abbasid caliphate, the Middle East broke into many states, although it was reunited but only partly. The Abbasid Empire’s Mathematics and Science was kept in the Islamic world, since under the Abbasids Arabic numerals became widespread. When Islam reached Africa during the 1300s and 1400s, most were Christians, although as time passed by most of the population decided to change Christianity and convert to Islam instead. One of the reasons of that was because Muslims weren’t taxing them like they used to get taxed before, and they liked that change. Muslims also adapted many ways like Indian styles into their religion and culture.
Between 1300 and 1500 western European states grew larger and more centralized. In addition, economic growth and social change enhanced the influence of merchants. In the fifteenth century, aided by Asian and Islamic seafaring technologies, western europeans began exploring the world. Beginning the late Middle ages was a time of new intellectual and technologies. Most of the innovations derived from European contacts with Asia and Africa.
From 1492C.E. to 1750C.E, the Columbian Exchange had similar interactive and economic effects in the Americas as it did in Europe like new agricultural goods and growth of economic products, but differed in the effects of the Columbian exchange, in terms of the epidemic spread in the Americas. New World crops were spread rapidly by Western European merchants. Corn and potatoes were a big factor in Europe; it marked the introduction of American crops into Europe. Besides those two products, several other foods from the Americas were transported to Europe as well, such as: peppers, maize, tomatoes, beans, and the squash.