![]() ![]() The Christian Church now dominates the religious and cultural life of the region. In western Europe, a simpler, less literate society has replaced the sophisticated urban civilization of Rome. Japan especially is experiencing a great cultural flowering at this time. This is a period of great artistic and literary achievement, and China acts as a powerfully attractive exemplar of civilization for its neighbors. Under the Tang, China has been reunified and reinvigorated. The other great empire of the period is that ruled by the Tang dynasty of China. The clash between the two great powers of the period will result in the spread of a key technology in world history, when Chinese captives pass on the technology of paper-making to their Muslim captors. Here they are encountering an expansionist Chinese empire. West Africa is beginning to feel the impact of Islam as Muslim merchants bring their faith with them to the region, and Muslim armies have penetrated deep into Central Asia. The Arabs have brought a vast territory under their control, with chunks of both Europe (in Spain and Portugal) and the Indian sub-continent (most of modern-day Pakistan) falling to them. This has been the work of Arab armies, whose conquests have reshaped the map of the Middle East and beyond.Įvery neighboring region has been affected by this development, to a greater or lesser extent. The outstanding development in world history at this time has been the rise of Islam. World history in the year 750 - the early medieval world The rise of Islam ![]()
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