Southeast Asia And The Middle East And North Africa

The Spread of Islam from 630-1600 CE (doc.1) shows Islam’s extensive spread throughout this time period and it spread throughout Africa, Asia, Spain, Mesopotamia, and Persia. The 570 CE Trade Routes Map

As a matter of fact, Mecca was the crossroads of the lucrative caravan trade. Vast camel trains, bearing spices, perfumes, precious metals, ivory and silk, filed through the town, headed north on the way from Yemen to the markets of Syria, etc. (Doc A). In addition, Doc A, also illustrated on a map that these trade routes lead all across the East, from Arabia, all the way to China proving that Islam had the means to travel rapidly. For instance, on trade routes such as the Silk Roads, traders could spread Islam all the way to China and India, making it easy for Islam to spread large distances. However, this information doesn’t explain why it traveled rapidly along these mentioned trade routes. Certainly, this can be explained by the process of cultural diffusion, in which a group’s cultural beliefs are spread from one group to another. In fact, through cultural diffusion, traders could pick up some Islamic influence, and spread it to the other trade

A clear similarity between the two trade routes was that both had led to the spread of the world’s second largest religion, Islam. Such is seen when observing the provinces the Silk Road trade network went through into china, Henan, Yunnan, Gansu, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. Between the years 610 AD to 620 AD, Islam had already spread to portions of western China through Islamic merchants, spreading the religion all the way to Eastern Asia along the Silk Road trade route. Similarly, the Trans-saharan trade route has a secondary effect of spreading religion to Western Africa due to the merchants that came from caliphate controlled North Africa.

18. The growth of cross cultural trade spread lliterary, artistic and cultural traditions influencing Islam in Africa and Southeast Asia, Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism in Eastern Asia, Buddhism and Hinduism in Southeast Asia, traditions of Inca and Toltec/Mexica in Meso-and Andean America.

In its Golden Age, Islam’s influence reached all the way to Spain, Anatolia, West Africa, and India, among other regions. While these regions were all, in a way, united under a common religion, each of them both altered and were altered by Islam in their own unique ways. Although there were similarities that existed with the spread of Islam to each of those places, many more differences prevailed. Differences and similarities existed in the forms of the role of migration, role of trade, role of cultural exchange, methods of conversion to Islam, and the unique cultural developments in each region.

In 500 CE, the Arabian Peninsula converted to Islam, and slowly and gradually small communities developed and over time, the religion grew prominent. It reached to Delhi, when a ruthless Turk leader, Mahmud of Ghazi, established an Islamic state known as the Sultanate of Delhi. Like South Asia, the conversion to Islam was a gradual process. By the tenth century did the religion grow prominent as well as Hinduism and Buddhism was establishing a basis on southeastern Asian regions. Sufi missionaries attracted those who were willing to convert for its promise of a salvation and its sanctity. These missionaries allowed followers to observe over old rituals and venerate old spirits and emphasized piety and devotions. Thus in 1500, a quarter of Indian Muslims called themselves as Islam

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.

In the article, “A Silk Road Legacy: The Spread of Buddhism and Islam” by Xinru Liu, the author discusses the dominance of Buddhism in Central Asia and how the religion made its way from Central Asia into China, India, and other parts of Asia. Xinru Liu also discusses how the regions in Central Asia were divided into many city-states that never unified. Because of this, no region in Central Asia ever had an official religion and there was a variety of religions practiced by the people, such as Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism. Xinru Liu also points out the Arab conquest to Central Asia and the important Silk Road trading stations that were located there that they wanted control of. Xinru Liu discusses the introduction of Islam to Central Asia during this conquest and how it was established there and then later spread to other parts of Asia, such as India. Finally, Xinru Liu discusses the influence on Central Asians from many different outsiders and what life was like for the people before, during, and after the rise of the Islamic Empire and how Central Asians have survived and thrived under the constant changing environment.

Yes, Southeast Asian and African cultures developed into powerful civilizations due to the influence of older civilizations in that region. Although most every civilization to ever exist is a product of cultural synthesis, these civilizations especially relied on the influence of those older and more powerful, and without that wouldn't have become as big or as wealthy as they went on to become.

Southwest Asia is the term geographers’ use when referring to the Middle East. "Middle East" is a political term coined by the British in the 1930's to distinguish the region from both the Far East, which included China, Japan and Indochina, and the Near East, which included portions of Western Europe. All of these areas are truly only "east" of Europe. In order to emphasize a more global perspective, geographers prefer to use the politically neutral term "Southwest Asia" because it does not connote a Western European bias.

The cover page of this TIME magazine, an issue of 1979 invoked purely the orientalist idea of the Middle East. It represented the faulty equation of Islam= Muslim= Arab= terrorist or religious fanatics.

The Republic of Uganda believes that it is important to insure and defend the rights of the indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. Indigenous peoples throughout the world face serious threats to their existence due to government policies as well as discrimination, not only in the workplace but in schools as well. Native peoples rank very high on illiteracy rates and unemployment rates, most of the hard ships that befall these native peoples can be connected to discrimination. The national and local governments have displayed an utter lack of respect for the culture and human rights of these native peoples. The native people of Uganda have faced discrimination but have mostly overcome it. The Republic of Uganda believes that in order to solve this problem the international community needs to protect the land, culture and people of all indigenous populations throughout the world as well as preserve it and prevent discrimination.

To analyze this cases, it can be found that there were contrast between Aceh and Sulu. In the arrival and spread of Islam, it has been stated that Aceh period was in the 13th century while 15th century in Sulu, where the sultanate system was found thus declaring both were Islamic oriented kingdom. Aceh regarded as the first state to received Islam in Indonesia as Edward Aspinall (n.d) stated the oldest kingdom in Southeast Asia was Pasai well known as Aceh in present day, it becomes the first contact of traders from Arab and Indian due to the location at the north-west of Sumatra and all Acehnese had agreed that Islam was identical with Aceh. Whilst Sulu regarded Islam as influence that were adapted to their pre-existing non-Islamic beliefs that has changed their belief system as

Many of the states were early signatories to BITs, agreements prepared by capital exporting states. In the early 1980s, the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) which was formed in 1956, published three draft BITs, which provided different models of investment liberalization and protection.(41) In 1980, the United treaties Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital was signed in the Arab States creating an Arab Investment Court and its first decision was given in the case of Tanmiah v. Tunisia, 12 October 2004. In addition, the European Economic Community (EEC) and some African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states concluded the Lom? III and Lom? IV Conventions, both of which had sections addressing investment.(42) In 2007, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) embraced an Investment Agreement for the COMESA Common Investment Area. (43) In 1987, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) created the Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (ASEAN Investment Agreement) applicable to ASEAN investors. The ASEAN Investment Agreement was considered in Yaung Chi Oo Trading Pte. Ltd. v. Myanmar. The ASEAN Investment Agreement was amended by the Jakarta Protocol in 1996. In 1998, the Framework Agreement on the ASEAN Investment Area (Framework Agreement) was concluded.

We know that there is a diverse population in Singapore, consisting mainly of Chinese, Malay and Indians, all of which does not possess one single dominant national identity. Drawing on a variety of traditions, different ethnic groups all consider themselves important parts of the diverse society of Singapore. However, In the Saudi Arabia society, most people believe in Islam, and religious control of Islam and its influence on the country are political, economical and can be seen in people's daily life. Neglecting of religion may cause troubles in business activities. In Islam canon, the most important are: religious service, almsgiving, fasting and pilgrimage and other activities. Religious service is a ceremony that shows gratitude,