Differences for the cities are the way they have succeeded economically. Some are rich in agriculture while others have established trading routes to attain food to sustain their populations. Another key difference between all the cities is their tolerance for religion, some countries are open to other faiths while some are closed and use violence to inflict their religion. 3) Inferences that future historians would make on these cities is that they are all highly populated, they are all port cities open for trade, they are all multicultural and they all are flourishing economically. Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver are thriving economically because they are all port cities which enable them to trade.
Even the capital city of Istanbul was filled with a large Christian population as well as a large Muslim population. The religious tolerance practiced by the Ottomans would help create a diverse and growing empire while also causing a spread of ideas. In contrast, the Spanish enforced strict religious laws against those who were not Catholic. Non-Catholics such as Jews, Protestants, and Muslims were forced out of the country or sent to the Spanish Inquisition. Catholicism would not only unify the Spanish but would also be a major reason for New World expansion.
Cuneiform, City States, Hereditary Ruler, Sargon 1 Writing was essential to the growth of empires. Writing made it possible to keep tax and property records, to establish a set of written laws, as well as to record history and fiction. Mesopotamia is a good example of this. They invented a system of writing called cuneiform. It consisted of wedge-shaped symbols carved into clay tablets.
The world today is more interconnected than ever, this is known as globalisation. Religion may be related to its global context as when societies and religions come into closer contact with one another there is potential for religious conflict and for religious diversity and change. These points are argued by many. Nanda suggests that the process of globalisation is likely to cause a decline in religion and belief in the supernatural due to the western culture of other societies and other faiths and beliefs. She looked at globalisation in India, which had brought about a new middle class of scientists, I.T technicians and stock traders all beneficial to the global economy and found that there was actually an increased level of religiosity after the globalisation process.
This benefit allowed tactics such as the ‘wedge’ to be executed as more soldiers could reinforce the wedge from behind, which would consequently break the enemies’ formation (Roman Empire.net 2012). As a result of these tactics many battles were won in favour of Rome. These victories can be appreciated as it too aided the faith in the Emperors. In comparison; Emperors used this power among society to increase their popularity. Instances in which this can be seen would be the gladiator games.
An increase in new local developments, whether related to building infrastructure (such as Heathrow’s third runway) or to immigration (such as mosques and multi-faith community centres), have also created an increase in NIMBY group activity. A NIMBY group is active in Newton Mearns, Glasgow, where it opposes plans to build a new mosque. NIMBY groups also encourage people to step up political participation in terms of writing to their MPs. While direct action and much of pressure group activity is still the preserve of dedicated activists, local NIMBY groups and writing to MPs are more popular activities, suggesting that non-electoral participation has also
Basically, in light of history, argument between human societies became intense as they tried to expand their own lands and power each other, and as a result, conquest and war were performed in each area. Around 3000 BCE, several cities already existed in southern Mesopotamia which was established by Sumerians. As their cities became larger, they started to have significant economic and political influence on the area around their cities and in order to govern more land they formed city-states (World History 10). If every city stopped expanding their land at some points before they reached territories which were owned by others, there might be no war happened. However, as history tells us, people have never stopped their growth and development even if it causes to fight a war.
From the 1500s to the 1900s, many countries were switching to an imperialistic way of thinking and operating. The switch to imperialism was a process that took place in numerous countries for a wide variety of reasons that were all supposed to better and strengthen the country, economically, agriculturally, and militarily. While imperialism did cause much good for many countries it also was the reason for much of the problems, such as war and other forms of conflict within a single nation and between multiple nations. Imperialism is a very influential reason for much of how the world today is set up and divided among nations. What exactly is imperialism?
The Crusades Throughout time, there have been many events that have changed our lives but the Crusades or “holy wars” have had the most effects on us, and have helped change the world to what it is today. There have been many causes for the Crusades. I know that one of the causes for it was that; the Kings and the Church saw it as an opportunity to get rid of quarrelsome knights, because these knights threatened the peace of the kingdom, as well as the Churches property. Another cause for it was that nobles and knights saw it as an opportunity or way of obtaining more land and a position in society. They also wanted to regain control of their “holy land.”Another cause was that Italian city-states of Pisa, Genoa, and Venice hoped to win control of key trade routes to India, Southeast Asia, and China
Colonial Architecture. In the early sixteenth century the conquest of America was mostly done. On the ruins of the great pre-Hispanic cultures a new culture raises. Mexican art is mostly based on religious aspects, with a great influence of Europe. In Mexico many monuments are build to show the power of the religion and to control the population.