It created social, economic along with cultural and ethnic borders and relations reshaping its state borders due to the American Independence War fought by the Spanish, British or France. Indian, French, Spanish, African and even Canadian populations are described and put in the larger context of the evolution of what became the United States. Different interests, cultures, languages and mentalities form what we know today as on the most multicultural state. During the year of 1763, it was multicultural ethnics in America consisting of the Frenchmen, Spaniards, Natives and Africans. France and Britain both wanted power in North America.
Current ruling class adopted Islam, allowing the acceptance/spread of Islam. Cultural Hinduism and Buddhism were widespread with Jesuits attempting to spread Christianity. Many converted to Islam, adopting a new form of cultural and belief. Architecture influenced by Islamic art. Politics Islam and Hinduism constantly clashed, causing wars.
SLIDE 11 Section 2: Cultural Blending Case Study: The Safavid Empire Patterns of Cultural Blending Cultural Blending in Persia • Between 16th and 18th centuries a Shi’ite Muslim dynasty ruled Persia • Safavid Empire—Shi’ite Muslim dynasty from 16th to 18th centuries Causes of Cultural Blending • Changes occur through migration, conquest, trade, or religion Results of Cultural Blending • Changes in language, religion, government, use of technology • Racial and ethnic blending, intermarriage • Cultural styles adapted into arts and architecture SLIDE 12 The Safavids Build an Empire Safavid Origins • Begins as religious order named for founder • Safavids concentrate on building powerful military Isma’il Conquers Persia • Fourteen-year-old Isma’il conquers Iran by
Comparative Essay: The Muslim Empires (1450-1750) With the collapse of the Mongol administration of the Islamic lands in the 14th and 15th centuries, a trio of new empires began forming across Asia: the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor, the Safavid Empire in Persia, and the Mughal Empire in India. These three empires were the result of centuries of Islamic state building and expansion, and at the their height, they covered nearly the entire Islamic world. The only Islamic regions left outside their domain were West Africa and Southeast Asia. These three empires were also significant because they provided the bridge between the medieval and modern periods of the Islamic history. Regarding the religious tolerance, each empire had a period of extremists, and each a period of peace between groups.
Though both Christianity and Islam believe themselves to be the one true religion, Islam went about establishing itself as a dominant religion differently…by the way of the sword. The Islam religion was originated by the prophet Muhammad. He spread this faith first to his family and friends, and then went on teaching it to his clan. He formed a tight society that eventually “brought most of southern and western Arabia under its control.”(Bentley 90) After Muhammad’s death, his followers went on to expand the first Islamic Empire. Such areas included: Egypt, North Africa, Armenia, etc.
In enough time the Mongols would become a group of superb horsemen and archers spread from the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Europe leading to the expansion of one of the largest empires the world has ever seen! Early Islam’s first powerful ruler was Mohammad, the man who transmitted God Allah’s words of faith later being created into the Qu’ran. Unfortunately Mohammad had passed away in 632 and his close friend Abu Bakr became the first caliph turning Islam into a caliphate country. Later Islam was ran by Hasan who was son of the last Caliph to pass , Ali creating the Umayyad Empire in later years. The monotheistic religion of Islam is believed to arise by Mohammad who had transmitted the words of Allah, Muslim god, into the Qu’ran.
The Third Crusade (1189 – 1192 A.D.) was just one of a series of religious wars fought between Muslims in the Middle East and European Christians to take control of the Holy City of Jerusalem. This Third Crusade is unique because of the two iconic leaders that led each side of the conflict. These two leaders were King Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt led the Islamic forces to defend Jerusalem from King Richard I of England, who was trying to retake the Holy City in the name of Christianity. Throughout history, chroniclers and historians portray these two leaders as charismatic, honorable, virtuous, chivalrous, among other magnanimous adjectives. Along with this very flattering portrayal, the history and chronicles portray these men in such ways, they almost seem mythical in nature; that they can do things beyond the capabilities of most “normal” men.
They were leading their armies to the holy land. The Third Crusade "The Turkic ruler Saladin rose to lead the Seljuks and succeeded in uniting the split Muslim armies of Southwest Asia and North Africa. Europe launched another crusade when Saladin’s forces took Jerusalem. Frederick Barbarossa of Germany,
Beginning as Islamic warrior bands, they defeated rival bands and conducted a holy war against Christian Byzantines. Based in Bursa, the Ottomans established a system of rule that attracted and included educated urbanites. At the top of the system sat a sultan who oversaw both military and civilian bureaucracies. By the mid-sixteenth century, the Ottomans had expanded into the Balkans as the most powerful force in the Middle East and much of
Colonization in lands such as the North Atlantic by Scandinavia, the founding of Newfoundland by Leif Ericcson, and the expansion into Baltic lands led to the addition of the Roman Catholic Church territory. Reconquests of lands from the Muslims in the Mediterranean also led to much larger expansions into the lands of Italy and Spain. One of the most important islands was Sicily, which was conquered by the Guiscard brothers and was gradually displaced of Islam with the new introduction to Roman Catholic Christianity. Another conquest was the reconquista of Spain, who was originally an independent city state but then eventually became part of the whole Western Europe Empire after the encouragement from the Roman Catholic clergy to displace Muslims in these territories. One of the most important conquests that gained land for the empire were the crusades that mounted in an effort to recapture Palestine and Jerusalem, who was then Muslim territory.