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What will be an ideal response?
There are many possible responses to this question. The best answers, however, will connect the material from Chapter 10 with the material from this chapter by way of comparison. Responses might focus on the difference in religious history, contrasting the development of Buddhism in East Asia with the conflict of the Crusades. Other responses might focus on the aesthetic sensibilities of European culture in which the visual arts focused on representing political and church leaders as part of the narratives and contrast this with the emphasis on the meditative practice in Asian aesthetics.
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What will be an ideal response?
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