New+Faith+and+Commerce


 * Summarize in Bullets The Reading 120-125: New Faith and New Commerce**
 *  Major world religions Buddhism, Christianity and Islam
 *  Spread of trade helped religion
 *  Merchants took risk
 *  Religious leader looked down at merchants
 *  Religions expanded to Afro-Eurasian
 *  Budd. And Chris. Gained new vigor
 *  Islam spread rapidly
 *  All involved active missionary efforts
 *  Conquerors imposed higher taxes
 *  Many people changed their beliefs under persuasion and pressure
 *  Went far beyond the carrying capacity of the old Silk Road
 *  Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, Sea were the hubs
 *  Connection among societies began to describe world history
 *  Followed the decline of the great classical empires
 *  Fall of Roman Empire= opened up new opportunities in the eastern Mediterranean
 *  Byzantine Empire couldn’t keep up with their territories = Russia and Eastern Europe got interested.
 * <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Better ships and new navigational devices
 * <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Chinese invented the compass and Middle East improved ship design
 * <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Maps improved as a result of wider trade
 * <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Facilitated international exchange
 * <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Religion and commerce were engines of change in this period