How Did Religion Change Over Time

During the time period between 1550 and 1650, Europe had diverse changes. An important issue of this time was the change in the way people thought. Churches had high level of power due to people believing in the same religion. France. Italy, Germany & Scandinavia, and Spain were countries facing hard times as their ruling were changing.

“They are utterly silent in respect to a law which robs religion of its chief significance, and makes it utterly worthless to a world lying in wickedness.” Was the way people thought about religion in 1800s. Although religion is one of the most common topics it has changed during time but some actions have not.It has been difficult for people to gain respect on their own beliefs. However, not everything today has changed, people are still considering others people's beliefs are lower than theirs. Religion from the present time compared to the 1800s has changed drastically.

One reason for the quick spread of Islam was due to the amount of protection and equality you get in the empire. According to articles E and F, the

During the postclassical era many great empires arose. Two of the most powerful and influential groups of the time were the Byzantine Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate. Both the Abbasids and the Byzantines were places where important cultural hubs existed and where trade flourished throughout the whole empire. Even though culture was present in each area, the cultures were not the same and there were separate religious beliefs and practices; for example the Byzantine Empire was mainly Orthodox Christian while the Abbasid Caliphate was Sunni Muslim. Use of religion throughout the empire, methods of rule, and eventual ways of declining all caused the Byzantines and Abbasids to have a distinctive and lasting

Throughout time, Christianity has changed constantly. In order to survive, Christianity has had to evolve and split. It has split into many denominations, some of which have become extinct over the centuries. The religion has changed and divided due to influential people and events in time.

The empires all shared some similarities and obviously many differences, but all tried to find ordered and successful nations in troubled times through different methods, sometimes religious, sometimes philosophical, sometimes

On a religious point of view for all the empires. The Governments in all 3 were muslim based. Mughals were the only group that was not predominately Muslim. Muslims were only a small minority Ottomans were Sunni Muslims. The Ottoman titles were claimed to be caliphs. They maintained Islamic law called Sandri'a. Only applied to Ottoman Muslims. Ottoman minorities were mostly

The Safavid Empire was a theocracy and its dominant and only religion was Shi'a Islam, since all other religions were suppressed. The Empire benefited from its ideal location and the trading that came from its location. The Safavid Empire was strengthened by soldiers from the Ottoman army who had fled from persecution of the Ottoman Empire. The Empire started to decline when it became corrupt. The Safavid Empire was strong in power within its early years due to its ability to conquer new territory.

The difference of religion had a huge impact on both of the empires. Christianity in the Byzantine Empire was the most popular religion in the world with Islam right after. Judaism is a monotheistic religion and while most Christians believe they are monotheistic as well, many Muslims think upon Christians as polytheistic because they believed both God and Jesus are gods. In comparison, both empires were ruled by a pope. The Byzantine Empire was impacted through Christianity because the pope was the head of the empire, such as Constantine who became pope in 708. The Islamic Caliphate was also impacted through Islam because they too were ruled by a pope. This meant if you had a religious ruler, many people of the empire would follow suit and either convert or become more involved in the religious practices that the emperor/pope would do. Both religions were quite simple. Islam has no official clergy, and follows only one single sacred text, the Koran. However, Muslims do believe in the validity of the Old Testament. Muslim's

The Ottoman Empire was a military power, and demonstrated that they were a force to be reckoned with. Their successful conquering of Rome, Byzantium solidified their standing as a world power in 1453. The Ottoman Empire held to strict religious beliefs and practiced a form of Islam called Sunnism. Additionally, the Ottoman Empire made use of a system where the leaders in power also controlled the leaders of the church. The system was called casesaro-papism.

The Islamic empires of the Ottoman, Safivid, and Mughal were unique as they were some of the most dominant, powerful, and influential Islamic empires during their time and were considered more stable than their Islamic predecessors. These empires existed in some of the same and different eras and physical locations in the world; the Ottoman Empire existed in the 13th century through the 20th century in the modern day parts of Eastern Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and the Middle East, the Safavid Empire existed in the 16th century through the 18th century in the modern day parts of Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, specifically in modern day country of Iran (Persia), and the Mughal Empire existed in the 16th century through 19th century in the modern day parts of Southern Asia. These empires have had a continuing influence on civilizations years beyond their existence. These empires’ Islamic religion was also directly part of their politics, but they still were able to effectively control many areas with people that did not have the same religious or political beliefs.

Christianity is far from what many might call a perfect and successful religion. Saying that it has been completely accepted, unchanged, and resolute since the beginning of the A.D. times would be false. Events like the murder of Christians within the gladiator games of the Roman Circus and the need to create the Edict of Milan show this clearly. Not only this but it has changed over time, as shown with the events of the Iconoclast Controversy between the Roman Orthodox and Catholic churches when differences in what should be allowed within the Christian worship. Christianity is not a successful, untouched religion. It was certainly not wholly welcomed at the time of Christ’s birth , people have been persecuted and treated terribly for having that as their religion, and not everyone has accepted it as

Meanwhile, in Persia, there was a bout after the Mongol Holocaust when Sunni Turks took over in the fifteenth century and the belief of the Safavids was tested. But, Ismail, an heir to the

Before the influence of Islam spread over, the societies within the region lacked concentration of political power and authority, as they possessed no ruler or kingdom. However, the emergence of Islam provided political unity. Empire building was a success as Islam existed as an ideology that supported the missions of expansion and conquest by the state. As societies began to exist as an entire empire united by Islam. The military fought for Islam by spreading their faith, and government leaders were united in their faith. The religion of Islam also encouraged that all were equal, which allowed for more followers to accept the idea of being conquered and brought under new leadership, as they all would be united by Islam and citizens would be able to identify with their rulers. Islam allowed for separate political entities to combine under one ideology, effectively revolutionizing the political structures within the

The teachings of religion have for the most part stayed the same throughout the countless years that they have been around for. The main beliefs of each religion may be different but are somehow connected in one way or another. Each religion has its own unique set of basic guidelines in order to lead a fulfilling life and ultimately reaching a connection with whatever high power they believe in. Christian’s beliefs are very sacred to them, just as any other religion. The doctrines of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Trinity and the Bible are of the utmost important. The teaching of afterlife vary between each demonination of the Christian