DBQ During the Post-Classical Era merchants played a crucial role in shaping the course of different societies. Christianity in its origin had a more negative view towards merchants while Islam had a more positive one based on the religious documents; however views began shifting during 1500 when Islam views became more negative toward merchants and Christian opinions became more positive as presented by the power of authorities and the actions taken by the merchants. Views on wealth can be seen in the religious documents of documents 1 and 2. Christianity had its first view toward merchants and wealth in the first century C.E. which was a negative one stated by Jesus (Doc.
Anthony Nozinovic B2 DBQ Essay From their origins to 1500, the attitudes of both Christian and Muslims toward trade shifted as conditions in the Christian and Islamic worlds changed. In the beginning, Christian attitudes were more negative, while Muslims tended to encourage and respect trade and merchants. Over time, Muslims became more like early Christians in that they were suspicious of traders whereas the Christians became more like the early Muslims, equating merchants with doing God’s work, reflecting the changed importance of trade in the high Middle Ages in Europe. Classical Era merchants played an incredible role in shaping the course of different societies. At their origins, Christians and Muslims had different views about merchants and traders.
One negative aspect to his essay would have to be his bias toward conservatives and the rich. He deliberately labels out the rich in many of his examples by pointing out how they claim to be Christian but do not wish to help aid the poor. As for conservatives, he not only points out George W. Bush but refers at times to religion as “conservative religion.” This clearly shows his bias toward them and could be a way for him to associate them with the American Christianity problem. I believe McKibben has a great point on this issue. As American Christians, we always believe that if we do good deeds or help ourselves we go to heaven.
Ideologically, Britian and the Americans had different views on everything. From their government to their religion. King James liked to think he ran the English churches which the English did not like. There were little things like economical views that were causing the American colonies to separate from the British. John Hughes and Benjamin Franklin came up with the Stamp Act which many people did not like.
explains an adverse view on merchants. It says that if a merchant is honest in his trade, he will take rank with the martyrs of the faith (Document 2). In the eye of the Islam, a merchant had a higher rank than that of the Christian. Comparatively, they took opposite views of the merchant class at their respective religious beginnings. Between the 12th and the 14th centuries, Islam and Christian aspects of merchants grew closer in similarity.
The Sultan, the pashas, Hoja, and the janissaries all wanted a Muslim world with good relations with other religions minus the Christians. It was the misunderstanding of Muslims by Christians and Christians by Muslims that fueled the fire in this conflict. With the Muslims caught up with religion and not making technological advances a priority they fell to the overpowering European empires which they try to destroy. It was these misunderstandings and oppressions that brought the Ottomans to a halt but the relation that only the Hoja and the young scholar made and finally understood at the end is what draws us in to know that at least these two could co-exist without religion getting in the
‘HHMM’, Hollywood, Harvard, McDonald’s, and Microsoft, were selling not only their products but also America's culture and values, the secrets of its success, to the rest of the world.' However, employing only hard power or only soft power in a given situation will usually prove inadequate. Nye utilizes the example of terrorism, arguing simply utilizing soft power resources to change the hearts and minds of the Taliban government would be ineffective and requires a hard power component. Nevertheless, in the Middle East, in the eyes of Islamic fundamentalists, the openness of Western culture is repulsive, which we have a term for it ‘anti-Americanism’. As a result, Joseph Nye, suggests that the most effective strategies in foreign policy today require a mix of hard and soft power resources, the ‘smart power’.
Consequently the surface arguments of G and H are limited by their attributes and so I believe this reduces the extent to which they agree with the statement. In contrast to G and H, source I appears to offer a different explanation for the motives. Aske’s deposition highlights royal greed and cruelty, driven by seemingly financial motives. It challenges the notions of corruption put forward by G and H where it mentions the ‘great alms’ given to the poor and the men who had ‘laudably’ served God. It highlights financial gain in terms of ‘profits’ for the King.
Throughout the periods 1450 to 1750, Christianity both promoted and impeded societal changes through major roles of authority, abuse of wealth and power, and strong influences on the overall society. While some scholars may believe that the change was paramount to Christianity during this time, others would tend to disagree. During the early 19th century, Christianity impeded and promoted changes using intellectual, social and political aspects. The Organized Church impeded change using intellectual factors. The religion of Christianity promoted enlightened people to question the ideology of their God and lean more towards a scientific method in order to look at the world around them.
The definition of a crusade is when someone is lead or takes part in a campaign concerning a social, political, or religious issue.During and after the crusades there were positives and negatives left behind. Negatives such as misery and pain and also positive impacts were things such as boosted trade and economy. The destruction of the middle east along the way to Constantinople left a bitter taste in mouths of the Muslims. As it states in document five, the relations between Muslims and Christians would worsen. Surprisingly Christians even attacked their own allies, as it implies in document six.