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Please agree or disagree to the statement below. you must support your statement by using 4 resources. 2 resource must be: Worlds together Worlds Apart Volume one: Beginnings Through
the 15th Century Fourth Edition by Tignor et al. 2014 W.W. Norton & Company The Rise and Spread of Christianity and Worlds together Worlds Apart Volume one: Beginnings Through the 15th
Century Fourth Edition by Tignor et al. 2014 W.W. Norton & Company Conquests
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In the religions of the world primarily the Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism which are the major religions, there is a common goal or path which is “doing good” and be
rewarded in the afterlife. That is the most basic core belief system that causes the religions to be similar. In the Christianity, Islam, and Hindu religion, there is a belief of a single god.
Christians have God, Islam has Allah (God), and Hindu has Brahman (God). These religions have different names but essentially believe in a single entity that is focused on. Buddhism does not
believe in a god. A simple answer to a question of “Do Buddhist believe in god?” Buddha teaches that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration[1]. There is no god in Confucianism, but
rather a force called the Tao, also known as the Great Ultimate. [2]
Another similarity between all the religions is the messenger. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism all were similar in this respect since each one had a sole person who delivered the
message to their respective beliefs. Christians had Jesus (son of God), Islam has Muhammad which is a prophet of Allah, Buddhism had Buddha who was the founder of the religion, and
Confucianism had Kung Fu Tzu, better known as Confucius. Hinduism on the other hand was not necessarily founded as a religion but a culture that turned into a religion later on[3].
The similarities of Hinduism, Confucianism, and Buddhism were peace, so when introduced to each other and other religions that were not similar to them wasn’t about who is right or wrong,
but more about acceptance to each other as a person. Christianity and Islam are similar in their ways. First Christianity introduced Martyr’s. The Martyr was someone whom the Roman
Authorities executed for persisting in their Christian beliefs instead of submitting.[4] Islam later honored martyrs for dying for their faith.
After Muhammad passed away, his successors or “rightly guided caliphs”[5] were referred to as political rulers over Muslim people and the expanding state. They expanded through military
conquest and sought to found a far-reaching territorial empire. Their struggle was called jihad. The world was divided into two units: dar al-Islam (world of Islam) and dar al-harb (world of
welfare) seeking nothing less than world domination. Syria, Egypt, and Iraq all became the pillars of the Islamic empire. Early Christianity was an urban faith, establishing itself in the city
centers of the Roman Empire. Most of the people lived close together in crowded tenements. There were few secrets in such a setting. The faith spread as neighbors saw the lives of the
believer’s close-up, on a daily basis.[6]
Hinduism spread by traders and their trade routes across the Silk Road and the increased demand for Asian luxuries by the Romans.
The expansion of Buddhism throughout most of Asia was peaceful and occurred in several ways. Shakyamuni Buddha set the precedent. Being primarily a teacher, he traveled to nearby
kingdoms to share his insights with those who were receptive and interested. Likewise, he instructed his monks to go forth in the world and expound his teachings. He did not ask others to
denounce and give up their own religion and convert to a new one, for he was not seeking to establish his own religion. He was merely trying to help others overcome the unhappiness and
suffering that they were creating for themselves because of their lack of understanding.[7]
The spread of Confucianism across East Asia was accomplished largely through voluntary and consensual means, rather than by conquest or conversion. [8
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