Middle East
Political- During the time period, not many wars occurred, but new titles were give to rulers in the Middle East. The term sultan was now the official name of a ruler in the Middle East. Also, much of the Middle East became a centralized power. The Middle East was advancing in many different political ways during the time period.
Economy- Economy was very large and had an enormous impact on many people's lives in the Middle East. Trade was a big factor of economy at the time. Although not that much trade occurred with China anymore as it use to be. The Middle East dominated trade in the beginning and began to practice trading in the Indian Ocean and the African Coast.
Religion- During the time period, religion took a major decline and fall in some who practiced Islam. There was a great division of Islam that separated into two groups. One of the groups were called Sunnis, while the others were called Shia's. Both clashed at different beliefs and opinions which caused them to divide in the first place.
Society- Much of the social class during the period had changed. It had now become nothing like it was a
Economy- Economy was very large and had an enormous impact on many people's lives in the Middle East. Trade was a big factor of economy at the time. Although not that much trade occurred with China anymore as it use to be. The Middle East dominated trade in the beginning and began to practice trading in the Indian Ocean and the African Coast.
Religion- During the time period, religion took a major decline and fall in some who practiced Islam. There was a great division of Islam that separated into two groups. One of the groups were called Sunnis, while the others were called Shia's. Both clashed at different beliefs and opinions which caused them to divide in the first place.
Society- Much of the social class during the period had changed. It had now become nothing like it was a
- thousand years ago. Women had become even more respected and given more rights, but one decline of women was that some of them became slaves, that would later become concubines for the Sultan. The social class consisted of the Sultan, who was first, then the government officials, next the regular officials, and finally general people, who were peasants.
- Innovations- many creations of modern tools we used to today came during this time period in the Middle East. Two inventions that were created was used for military use. This was the cannon and guns. Another important found was medicine. Without it, the life of many would be different. Many tools were created in different fields of science, especially astronomy, since it was used to navigate around the world.
- many more mosques were being constructed along with other structures and mosaics.
Near geographic- There were many empires during this time that participated in many great events the changed the world. The Ottoman empire was present during the time period and contributed to many different creations. One of which was gunpowder. The empire later became known as the gunpowder empire.
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