chapter 10 summary

The beginning of the third wave civilizations had brought christianity to become widely present throughout the world. Asia and Africa experienced a change from Christianity to Islam with the increasingly powerful Arab Empire. Christianity, however, still remained present with a small band of followers. Syria and Persia had concentrated populations of Christians that accommodated policies that generally prevailed. Christians depended on the attitudes of local Muslim rulers. Churches were burned to the ground, villages plundered, fields burned and christians forced to wear distinctive clothing. Nestorian Christian communities of Syria, Iraq, and Persia, sometimes called the Church of the East, survived the assault of Islam, but they did so as shrinking communities of second-class subjects regulated minorities forbidden from propagating their message to Muslims. Christianity as a religion was jeopardized by different religions. Christianity eventually became most known through out Europe and America. A lot of the world at the time of the Byzantine empire was being conquered and divided; these conquering civilizations brought their religion with them. Religion was a way for people to be categorized and grew equality a part from neighboring civilizations. Religion helped established rules and regulations, which would make empires more stabilizing. At this time, there were other religions besides christianity or islam that people could turn to in hopes of bettering their lives. The tenth century was a time where The Holy Roman Empire had christianity or Catholicism and The Byzantine Empire brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity, while the Arab Empire had Islam. Despite their vast differences in culture and religion,this isn't to say that these empires didn't globalize, because they did. Each empire brought technological inventions that were used in other empires. Empires traded with each other goods and services.