It was also politically divided, but by two kingdoms, the Chola and the Vijayanager Kingdom. Chola was financed by maritime trade and the Vijayanager Kingdom had trade links between India and distant lands, and the caste system was the main part of organization. In what ways did the basic principles of Islam and Hinduism clash so profoundly? In which areas of India did Islam sink the deepest roots? Why?
On the other hand, others were forced to accept the faith through induced pressures. A great example of this was during the Umayyad dynasty. As the faith spread out through the Middle East and North Africa, “non-Muslims lived under restrictions, often in specially designated neighborhoods, which prevented their integration into the new Islamic society.”(Bentley 93) Those who did convert were given
This was important because it created religious intolerance that caused conflict between the two. Politics in South Asia between 1000 and 1750 C.E. changed greatly due to the introduction of Islam. In 1000 South Asian politics were ruled by the kingdoms with little islamic influence. This was because, culturally, Islam had not yet spread through the area.
Confucianism and Hinduism Thesis: Confucianism and Hinduism are very similar in the aspect of having a social caste system; however, their views on who rules and patriarchial societies are very different. Body TS 1: Confucianism was a religion/philosophy in China that had many values concerning society and its structure. Body CD 1A: Had a social structure that from highest to lowest put land owning aristrocrats and scholars, laborers, and lastly unskilled laborers (artists, slaves, etc.) Made people properly hold their place in society. Body CD 2A: Valued intelligence.
After centuries of giving value to the color of a person’s skin, attempting to push race aside now also pushes aside the struggles that many people have gone through because of the value placed on their skin. The need for colorblindness also implies there is something shameful about the way God made us and the culture we were born into, that we are to timid to speak about. Colorblindness has helped make race a taboo topic that people no longer want to discuss. And if you can’t talk about it, you can’t understand it, much less fix the racial problems that plague our society. We should explore our society and what we mean by race because if we do not know what we mean by race we cannot tackle institutional racism.
Source 3 takes a more deep routed approach when explaining the main cause and comments on how the caste system has led to dissatisfaction within the seapoys. This source subtly points towards religious differences being a problem your religious purity aided towards what caste you were then set in. An area of agreement between all 3 sources is that they all comment on triggers of the Indian mutiny 1857, they also suggest that it was in fact religious differences where the most important cause. Source 1 questions the ‘vaunted purity’ of a Brahman ( an important religious figure) about the cartridges and if he were to ‘tear these open with
I believe that Cultural Relativism is acceptable today as there are no universal moral truths. In different cultures certain actions have different meanings and we coming from different cultures find it difficult to comprehend the historical and cultural practices. It is more important to look at the act in context of that particular cultures moral stand on what is right and wrong. Cultural relativism is seen as wrong by many people due to what is considered inhumane by other cultural standards yet it comes down to the point of who can justify what is morally right and wrong and should we try and westernize these cultures which in the end will destroy their cultures belief and years of cultural practice. No one can ultimately set out a list of moral universal truths as they could not possibly take into consideration all practices upheld by different cultures.
People have different religious back Grounds for instant Jehovah witness always have disagreements with the Christians because of their Beliefs, just like Muslims and Buddhist have their beliefs were all not the same and don’t have the same backgrounds. Today I still see segregation going on in places, but time has changed and we need to get a grip on life And lets make a changed so the world can be a better place to live. I’ve always wonder what would it Be like if we could all come together as one nation, but I never know. Life is to short to keep going on Like how we act towards one another. In sociology I learned that in different race, cultures, and Religion we talk about the issues that arises in today’s society and wish we can put a stop to the act Of war, racism, and segregation that is happening today.
Varna is an Indian class factually meaning color. The class did not allow much flexibility of choice because it significantly determined certain things such as profession, what category you fall under in society, and ultimate salvation. The class Varna is also divided into five subclasses, Brahmins, kshatriyas, Vaisya, sudras, and the Pariahs, also known as the untouchables. The untouchables unlike other subclasses were not considered human beings, the presence of them being around others was also considered corrupt to the other being under the Varna class. No Indian could touch or eat food that passed through an untouchable.
For example, the legal abolition of untouchability in India, has been one of the many attempts to change a long standing social norm but unfortunately it has not yet succeeded due to the lack of social support by the masses. The term ‘social change’ talks about the changes that take place in human interactions and inter-relations. It also describes the different changes that take place in various social institutions, social processes, social organizations etc., including