Comparing The Three Abrahamic Religions Of Spain

19. The growth of cross cultural trade spread scientific and technological traditions influencing Greek philosophy and science throughout Europe, Greek and Indian math on Muslim followers, Eastern Asia’s gunpowder and printing technologies throughout Islam and Western

There are many similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There are also many differences that separate the three major religions of the world. This paper will delve into all three of them.

Christianity and Islam are two of history’s most influential and powerful religions in the post-classical and early modern era. As different regions began to communicate, products, ideas, and services were exchanged across vast distances. Civilizations became less isolated and depended on other regions to sustain stable economies. The role of the merchant increased as trade arose with other regions. Initially, Christianity despised trade, but as time progressed, merchant activity became more widely accepted. On the other hand, Islam initially accepted trade, but became less tolerant of the activity as time progressed. From the origin of the two major religions to about 1500, Christian and Muslim thoughts concerning merchant activity gradually trended in opposite directions. According to the documents, Christianity initially despised trade while Islam accepted merchant activity, but the two religions’ attitudes reversed by about 1500.

Islam soon acquired vast amounts of territory in Afro-Eurasia, and according to the map, “The Growing Worlds of Islam (900-1500),” it occupied an area from parts of central Asia to West Africa and Eastern Europe by the start of the sixteenth century. This map documents the phases of the growth of Islam for six hundred years, which combined with further analysis will reveal each step in the conquest of each new phase of territory. Controlling all of these nations created standardized trade and common business practices throughout the empire. Using already intact trade routes, such as the Silk Roads, documented in the map provided as document 1, the Islamic empire built an economic system that was unified by common religious beliefs. Comparing the trade routes mapped on both the Silk Roads map and the “The Growing Worlds of Islam (900-1500)” map, one can see that they are very similar, suggesting that they remained the same and that the Islamic empire just took over the control of each. Yet it was not just the Silk Roads that saw a revival at the hands of Muslim commercial excursions. The Mediterranean and Indian Ocean sea routes, as well as the trans-Saharan routes were given new life as well due to the Islamic empire. These routes not only produced trade, but they also opened up opportunities for new agricultural products and a sharing of ideas and innovations. These

In conclusion, the years 1450-1800 saw many developments for the Ottoman and Spanish Empire. There were many similarities as well as differences socially, politically, and economically

Source Five is a written essay on the topic of the difference of Spanish religion compared to the Aztecs. There is a brief mention of Aztec religion at the beginning but mainly focuses on the Spanish and Catholicism.

The Crusades forced a negative connotation on Islam, but the Muslims made appreciable impacts in mathematics and science before these wars could begin. A majority of these advancements took place within the Islamic Golden Age, a period characterized by flourishing trade and stable Arabic institutions. Under this period, the Sunni Abbasid caliphate was converting non-Arabs over to the Arabic culture, consequently fusing the knowledge of two types of intellects. The successful trade and fusion of cultural resources allowed for the Muslims to access innumerable works for Greece. India, Assyria, and Persia.

Religion was a bad idea back in the 4th century. There was no religious freedom and the presence of religion seemed to be a threatening incentive to behave the way society wanted you to. It is unlike how it is today in modern America. Religion came with negative consequences back then

The Islamic world influenced Western culture during the Middle Ages introducing fields such as art, pottery, agriculture, law, music, alchemy, philosophy, algebra, and mathematics. As they conquered civilizations they also assimilated knowledge that would have otherwise been lost. During the Golden Age of Islam, from the 8th century, academic endeavors flourished and much of the world’s classical knowledge was translated into the Arabic language rekindling interest in Greek culture. The Golden Age of Islam brought it’s own innovations in scientific fields such as astronomy, algebra and chemistry. With the abundance of knowledge in Islamic Spain and multi-lingual scholars many scientific texts were also translated from Arabic to Latin.

When it comes to religion, not many people are welcoming to the idea of change, or converting from one religion to another. The Spanish had a particularly difficult time accepting Islam into their country, because they had been predominately Catholic for a long time. The idea of nationalism likely had a part in why the Spanish could not comply with this change. Nationalism is the idea that one's own countries religion, values, and traditions is superior to other countries. The Spanish were devout Catholics, nation-wide, and did not agree that any other religion was "true". However, in Rogozen-Soltar's article about a young Catholic girl converting to Islam, the conversion to Islam is globally on the rise and is the world's fastest growing religion.

As of today, the world’s two largest religions Christianity and Islam share an estimated 3.6 billion members, more than half of the world’s population. On the surface, they appear to have almost nothing in common, however, as one goes beyond the surface and examines the other factors such as the rituals, beliefs, ethics, founders, and convictions, the two religions share many similarities. However, in order to truly see and understand these similarities and differences, one must date back to the rise and birth of Christianity and Islam.

There would be great differences, for one, if the Spanish and Portuguese had never arrived, the language would be different, religion and lifestyle would be as well. The Catholic religion may never have been adopted, and the advanced methods they had pertaining to farming along with their traditions would still be practiced today. Much of the heritage and customs would have remained as they

Numerous accepted Islam basically because Islam provided a superior, more beneficial life style during an era when the social framework was in fast rot, and the amazingly rich language of the Muslims became the official language of literature and scholarship in Spain for all by the year 1000. Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike gave their time in studying Arabic. Christians basically communicated in Arabic, which was frequently superior to their Latin. They consumed the Arabic culture to such an extent that they started to be called, "mozarabs" a corruption of "must'arib" meaning the "Arabized ones." Muslims, Christians, and Jews existed together for more than seven centuries in the geographic zone known as Al-Andalus. The extent to which the Christians and the Jews were endured by their Muslim (prevalently Arab) rulers is a subject generally challenged among students of history. The historical backdrop of the Al-Andalus demonstrates that Muslims, Christians, and Jews who lived within of Al-Andalus had for the most part quiet relations, aside from a couple scattered revolts, and times of religious oppression. The extensive measure of social collaboration that occurred between these three unmistakable social and religious gatherings prompted the production of an extraordinary multicultural and various society that continued flourishing even after the

From the 9th until the 13th century, Spain was the centre of ethnically and religiously diverse communities, and saw a time of harmony between Muslims, Christians and Jews, specifically within Andalusia. This period in time proved that coexistence between these faiths is more than possible, and provided an example for futures relations. There are many reasons why Andalusia was so successful, and contributing factors could include; policies relating to Christians and Jews under the rule of the Umayyad Dynasty, the school of translation in Toledo, and other academic and philosophical interests and push for education, which all resulted in coexistence in Andalusia, otherwise known as the La Convincia.

The creation of Islam in AD 662 spread very widely within a century and brought on a “whole cultural phenomenon”. Muslims contribute to knowledge through the creation and addition of Arabic numerals, positional notation, algebra, calculations in astronomy, medical analyses, and new poetry techniques. Islam contributions to design are “distinctive, richly colorful, and highly imaginative.” (Newton 30) The militant Arabs took over Syria, and then took over Egypt in AD 640. Sixty years later they spread to the south Mediterranean coast, reaching the Atlantic. Through similar interests of conquest, the Arabs were drawn into Spain. The Muslims traveled across the Strait of Gibraltar in AD 711. Despite resistance from southern regions, they conquered successfully. (Jellicoe 40) By AD 712, Muslims occupied Seville and Cordoba. The Muslim part of Spain stands independently and survives for eight centuries. (Newton 31) Muslims arrive in Spain and influence regions knowledgably, architecturally and through use of the land. Despite the later Spanish Christian revival, areas in the South of the peninsula, Cordoba and Seville still contain layered Islamic attributes. The space extending past the architecture is an opportunity that engages so many aspects. “Architecture must go beyond architecture and rewrite its definition to embrace the challenges of society, responding with a new critical discourse on social and technical levels” (Serageldin 11-12). Muslims were able to