By the thirteenth century, conflict with nomadic outsiders posed serious challenges to Islamic leaders, the Byzantine Empire, and Chinese dynasties
Compare how each of these cultures relied on religious organization, technology, and art to ensure its continued existence during this period.
Answers will vary but correct responses should include: The Byzantine Empire tradition of art and learning is Byzantium's most significant legacy. The texts and art works inherited from ancient Greece and Rome survived in the Byzantine portion of the former Roman Empire. The recovery of classical traditions in the West would probably have been impossible without cross-fertilization with the Islamic world and Byzantium. Difficulties between the relations of the Eastern and Western churches never fully recovered during the Byzantine Empire, but the strength of the Eastern church was established. Islamic cultures relied on the power of Islam to help continue its existence with the conversion of the invading Turks to help them be their sword and shield. Chinese art showed the maturity of the civilization with its admiration for the beauty of nature, untouched by human hands. They produced some of the world's most influential, most imitated images.
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