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Global Tapestry Map of the religions, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christian

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Respect for elders and ancestors in ones family

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Tribute given to the Incan Empire by labor from conquered people.

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Form of government where it is believed that God is in control and priests or religious leaders rule in the name of the God.

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An act which shows deep respect and high reverence by kneeling and bowing very low till one's head touched the ground.

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The spread of a population throughout regions which are separate from their homelands or geographic place of origin.

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Dar al Islam was considered the Islamic World. It was one of the largest and powerful land-based empires. The majority of Dar-Islam consisted of Muslims, and was a region where Islam was highly practiced. Dar al Islam also had a powerful civilization that was actively promoting diversity, new ideas, and exchange. Due to these promoting ideas, Dar al Islam was able to continue increasing its power and civilization because they were very open to improving. This open-mindedness was able to get the region to continue improving at a rapid pace, with more knowledge and paths to take while increasing their economic power.

Islam was able to spread rapidly throughout regions due to the encouraged trade, innovation, and diversity within their empire. Part of their influence included sending traders and merchants to other regions, helping them rise and spread. Islamic beliefs and traditions were able to be impactful through merchants and traders because of all the trade routes they were able to access more people to share Islam with amongst trade and exchange. Trade was very valuable in connections with regions across the world, Dar al Islam was able to use this to their advantage and continue having influences on regions.

Dar al Islam's open diversity made room for more people to join them and be tolerated despite their religion. This caused the population and rise of Islam to increase even more. Social classes in the Islamic world were based on wealth, occupation, and religious status. However, the Islamic world was religiously tolerant and not really strict about all of their people practicing the same religion.

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Mansu Musa was the ruler of Mali Empire. He was a very rich man who controlled Mali and actively sponsored new universities of Timbuktu. Mansu Musa recognized the value of trade, understanding that becoming part of the Islamic World, Dar al Islam, travelling across North Africa to meet with nomadic Muslims and sedentary Muslims, as well as Arab Muslims, and cement these relationships, his empire of Mali would become powerful.

Mansu Musa was a person who recognized how valuable trade and exchange was to empires. Due to his acknowledgement of these exchanges, empires were able to rise and gain more power in which they could become greater land-based empires built on strong trade systems.

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Trade and exchange was something that continued through history due to it's importance and value. Trade was something that lasted centuries and can be seen using it in the present. For Dar al Islam , Innovation and spreading Islam was very important to them as they were open to new ideas and diversity. Trade was an important factor to how they were able to spread, such as sending merchants to spread the belief and ideas of Islamic beliefs.

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Changes that were made during this time, were how they used religion to gain and control power. Empires used religion to gain the support of people as a unifying source. One way empires used religion for this was to unify their people. Different ways empires used this was too either unite their people or as a way for them to force their dominance upon the people. often using the unity established with religion among the people of the empire to help force out the people who weren't associated with their main religion.

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Muhammad was born into the most powerful tribe in Mecca, the Quraish. Mecca had two widely venerated polytheistic cults whose gods were thought to protect Mecca’s lucrative trade. When the Quraish controlled trade along the west coast of Arabia, north to Syria, and south to Yemen, Muhammad was hired by Khadija, a wealthy widow, after several years of working as a merchant. They eventually married to ensure her safe passage of her caravans to Syria.

Muhammad began to have visions and hear voices, an Archangel named Gabriel appeared to him and told him to spread the monotheistic message of his lord and the Qur’an, the holy book of Islam. Muhammad then moves to Medina to have freedom to practice their religion

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Ibn Battuta was a Muslim traveler and a scholar in Islamic Law. Ibn Battuta traveled throughout the Islamic world and in many countries across Asia, Africa, and Europe. He was known as one of the worlds greatest explorers.

He affected society by giving knowledge about his travels around the world. This opened up new ideas and beliefs for everyone to acknowledge.

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The Hundred Years' War was a series of battles fought between two monarchies, England and France. During the war, English arches with long bows of about six feet long helped England win several early victories by being able to shoot farther and faster than the French. By the end of the war, the English continued to retain only the port of Calais in France. Some of the results that were concluded after the war, affected and showed how people identified with themselves and how they fought. Another result helped them gain new strategies and views in fighting tactics.

One of the results of the war was able to foster a sense of unity among soldiers who often spoke distinct languages or dialects and helped them identify themselves as a specific identity such as English or French, instead of a particular region. This would later be important in how people would identify themselves as their certain country or connect themselves with their religious identity.

Another result that happened due to the war was the spread of using gunpowder weapons during war. Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese and spread by the Mongols. The spread of this was able to give an insight on how armies could use these weapons to their advantage, and win more victories with faster and more precise damage to enemies. These results were important as they would continue to be passed on and developed to further generations and used in future conflicts.

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The Mongols were a nomadic group from Eurasia that formed an empire, conquering parts of Persia, Europe, and China under leader Genghis Khan. The Mongols expanded trade and helped make the Silk Roads safer under Pax Mongolia. They were religiously tolerant, as well as foreign administrators encouraging spread of info and growth of technology.

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Social classes in the Dar al Islam world consisted of organizing society by structuring social classes in various groups. This social class was a hierarchy. At the top of the social class, the rulers such as the Caliphs, Sultans, and emirs, held political power and upmost importance in the social classes. Next in the social classes were the religious scholars and judges wo held significant influence in the society. The middle class consisted of merchants, artisans, and professionals who worked in labor. Finally, at the bottom were farmers, laborers, and slaves.

This social system helped organize society and structure Dar al-Islam. It influenced how opportunities and interactions among different groups functioned. It affected how people lived, worked, and associated with others, such as the rulers and religious leaders influencing governance and laws amongst the people. Contribution to the economy would be given by the Merchants and skilled laborers, as well as farmers and laborers facing challenges due to their social status and little access to achieve higher economic opportunities.

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Dar al Islam was involved in the land-based trade route, the Silk Road. In this land-based trade route, they exchanged a variety of goods and knowledge. With these exchanges, there was also ways to connect currency to pay for these goods and expand their empires, building them. Ways they managed this currency were banking houses, and the use of paper money. The significance of these factors were that the organization of these currencies allowed the empires to continue growing and basing it off of strong currency flowing through their trade routes, being able to become economically powerful, and spread their influence. Banking houses were used to make deposits and store money by travelers around the trade routes. They were able to reach the money in other banking houses across the trade routes and was effective in carrying out money. Overall it helped trade make more easier for people, being able to carry large amounts of money such as the paper money because it was lighter to carry, allowing for more space for other valuables and goods, and the banking deposits used frequently by travelers, to carry out their money.

Trading cities were able to have increased growth and benefit greatly from the trade routes because of goods being exchanged. Many people used trading cities as main places to exchange goods. Because of the use of trading cities, many economic progress was able to be made for the benefit of the building of empires and maintaining their control on power. They were also able to control trading routes, becoming very beneficial because of the large gain of valuables and exchanges, promoting the economy to grow and rise.

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The environmental aspects and geography of the Silk Trade route consisted of dry terrains, diverse landscapes, including deserts, mountains, and grasslands.

These terrains would lead to challenges and difficulties for travelers and merchants along the trade routes. Harsh conditions of climate and limited resources led to the development of oasis cities as trading hubs for travelers and traders.

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Islam: Islam was a religion that was practiced in Dar al Islam. Dar al Islam had a vast population of people who were Muslim, they were known as the world of Islam. This religion was founded by Muhammad and quickly spread across the Middle East, North Africa, and more, from the Arabian Peninsula. The religion had the belief that there was one God, Allah, and that there were five pillars of core practices of their faith.

Buddhism: This religion originated in Ancient India and was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha. He was a prince who left his palace and luxurious, sheltered, life, and discovered encounters of a sick man, an old man, a dead man, and a monk. He was compelled to learn the answers to the question of why people must suffer and what is the cause of the suffering. He was told to find the answers to these and become a wandering holy man by the monk he had seen. This religion emphasizes the Four Noble Truths including the Eightfold path to act as guiding paths to achieve enlightenment and liberation from the cycle of reincarnation. Buddhism has spread across Asia and had a influence on the artistic, cultural, and philosophical development of societies throughout history.

Hinduism: Hinduism originated in Ancient India and believed in Karma, Dharma, and reincarnation. This religion included a diverse range of practices and traditions such as the worship of multiple deities, and rituals and ceremonies. They believed to achieve the freedom of the cycle of reincarnation they had to complete their moral duties and achieve Dharma. Hinduism had a caste system that reflected their beliefs. The Caste System is a social class placed in order from most important to least important, or a structure of the balance of holding the classes from above of the social ladder. The social structure reflects the beliefs of the Hindu religion because it shows the ideas that were believed in and followed in the religion and place in society.

Christianity: Christianity was founded by Jesus Christ. Paul, his original name Sual, received a vision on the road to Damascus and sent letters to Jesus followers throughout the Mediterranean. Pual declared that followers of Jesus did not have to be Jews, keep Jewish laws or be circumcised. This caused thousands of people to convert to Christianity and increase the amount of followers. This also helped shaped the geographic state of Christianity.

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Dar al Islam lived in Islamic Governance established empire. Dar al Islam represented the concept of an Islamic state governed by Saria law, which included regulations and reforms various aspects of life such as politics, economics, and social conduct.

The Caliphate, religious leader of Muslim community, played a crucial role in shaping the political structure of Islamic societies by enforcing Islamic Law and making political decisions , leading to establishments of various dynasties and empires. Other political decisions made were governing vast territories and influencing the development of Islamic policies and practices. Dar al Islam was able to spread the influence of their empire more and gain control of their empires.

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Technology used in this time was technologies that helped improve trade, trade, overseas, and agricultural tools. Some of these technologies also made advancements in mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. Introduction of new irrigation techniques were also used to help improve crop yields and support larger populations.

The astrolabe was a technology used in the Islamic world to navigate throughout the sky by looking at the stars, as well as telling the time. It helped merchants travel overseas and discover paths to make sure they were going the right way.

The lateen sail was a triangular sail that was used on ships to catch the wind from different directions, allowing ships to sail more efficiently and be able to travel easier. This technology was able to improve trade by having better ships, and helping sailors navigate the seas more efficiently.