Unit 4 Flashcards
Causes of Spread of major world religions
Pax romana and the efficient roman roads allowed christian missionaries to travel throughout the roman empire
Urban nature of the roman empire created settings where missionaries were able to address large crowds speaking a common language weather greek or latin
Christianity was attractive to all social classes within the roman empire as the teachings professed the equality of believers
Edict of milan in 313 AD made christianity a tolerated religion in the roman empire endin official persecution
Arab soldiers unified by islam and attracted by the promise of plunder conquered territory from spain to india across north africa arabia and antonia
The sassanid and byzantine empires were weak and therefore vulnerable to invasions
Effects of spread of major world religions
-Cultural convergence of roman and christian traditions created cultural unity
-Conversion of the germanic tribes spread the religion to northern europe
-The roman held large amounts of land holdings and emerged as a powerful political force
- biblical and classical works were preserved by christian monks acting as scribes
Construction of cathedrals and numerous abbys throughout europe often serving as the center of town life
-Islam served to politically and culturally unify arabs persians in other ethnic groups conquered by the caliph
-Trade was promoted as merchants in muslim culture were given high social status
- Trade flourished along the silk routes and in the indian ocean
-cultural diffusion spread knowledge including advances in mathematics the translations of classical greek texts medical practices, construction of mosques, hospitals, schools, orphanages and libraries
-europeans and muslims fought in the crusades get contact promotes a revival of trade and economic development
- following mahamids death no successor had been provided so political struggles followed with the four rightly guided caliphs and eventually emergence of the umayyads caliphate establishing an empire with a highly bureaucratic structure
Trade kingdoms with islamic leaders established in africa
The golden age in Andalusia Spain
Medieval Europe missionaries spread christianity by
converting the germanic tribes
_______ crowned emperor by_______ Close connection between church and state
- charlemagne 2. Pope Léo III
The papal powers include
use of excommunication and interdict to exercise power over kings and nobles
in medieval Europe the church provided
stability and security and times of frequent wars
The church creates a system of justice
the cannon law; regulate behavior
constantine relocates the capital of the roman empire to
byzantium and renamed it constantinople
what lead to two distinct cores of christianity
The political division on the roman empire in 395 along with differences in language and customs between eastern and western provinces
two distinct cores of christianity?
western catholicism in rome and eastern orthodoxy in constantinople
Justinian constructs the
Hagia Sofia (a church) shows close connection between church and state
What Missionary Saints christianize sloves in the north and develop ______ language
saints cyril and methodius, cyrillic
The great schism- (East-west schism)
divides the eastern and western churches into roman catholic church and the orthodox church
feudalism
political and social- reciprocal military obligation between members of the warrior nobility in medieval Europe
characteristics of Feudalism
lords grand parcels of land known as fiefs to lesser knights who are known as vassals who in turn provide military service to the lord chivalry and fealty between a lord and the vassal govern behaviors and actions in their relationship
