1450 – 1750 CHANGES in BELIEF SYSTEMS

Europe, Islamic Empires, China

WESTERN EUROPEAN Christianity

SPLIT in WESTERN CHRISTIANITY (1500s -) PROTESTANT Christianity broke from ROMAN

CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY Martin Luther led attacks on Roman Catholic

corruption and practice Emphasized equality among believers

Spain? Portugal? Netherlands? Great Britain?

CHRISTIANITY SPREAD Both Protestant and Roman Catholic groups

made efforts to spread Christianity to the Americas and parts of Asia.

ISLAMIC WORLD

REFORMS in ISLAMIC WORLD Several groups worked to attack

corruption of Islam and syncretism (mixing of Islam with other cultures and beliefs)

WAHABISM (1700s) Return to strict adherence to monotheism

and the sharia Combined with a new political state in

Arabian peninsula

SOUTH ASIA – Islam & Hinduism

BHAKTI MOVEMENT – Hinduism 1500s effort to achieve union with the divine

through songs, prayers, dances, poetry, and rituals

Helped blend elements of Sufism and Hinduism

SIKHISM – 1500s Blend of Hinduism and Islam gradually

became its own religion Sikhs developed into a militant community

CHINA

Buddhism became more accessible to common people (salvation available to all)

NEO-CONFUCIANISM Revival of Confucianism in both

Ming & Qing dynasties